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What you people call your natural resources our people call our relatives

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Oren Lyons
Age: 94
Born: 1930
Born: January 1
Lacrosse Player
Lawyer
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New York
United States
Oren R. Lyons
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We have to do that. We have to be thankful. That's what we said. Two things were told to us: To be thankful, so those are our ceremonies, ceremonies of thanksgiving. We built nations around it, and you can do that, too. And the other thing they said was enjoy life. That's a rule, a law- enjoy life- you're supposed to.
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* We can still alter our course. It is NOT too late. We still have options. We need the courage to change our values to the regeneration of our families, the life that surrounds us.
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What if we choose to eradicate ourselves from this Earth, by whatever means? The Earth goes nowhere. And in time, it will regenerate... There may not be people, but the Earth will regenerate. And you know why? - Because the Earth has all the time in the world and we don't.
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There are two times of the year that stir the blood. In the fall, for the hunt, and now for lacrosse.
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When you look at where team sports are going, the National Football League is turning into organized warfare.
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We wonder, how do you instruct seven billion people as to the relationship to the Earth? Because unless they understand that and relate the way they should be, future is pretty dim for the human species.
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The environment isn't over here. The environment isn't over there. You are the environment.
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In the absence of the sacred, nothing is sacred - everything is for sale.
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If you have a clean environment, you will have a healthy atmosphere. This will make you happy and your happiness will bring joy to your parents and it will affect the community, too. Then there will be peace of mind to one and all.
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The law says if you poison the water, you’ll die. The law says that if you poison the air, you’ll suffer. The law says if you degrade where you live, you’ll suffer... If you don’t learn that, you can only suffer. There’s no discussion with this law.
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When you talk about Lacrosse, you talk about the lifeblood of the six nations. The game is ingrained into our culture and our system and our lives. (the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and Tuscarora)
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We have to get back to the spiritual law if we are to survive.
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Man sometimes thinks he's been elevated to be the controller, the ruler, but he's not. He's only part of the whole. Man's job is not to exploit, but to oversee, to be a steward. Man has responsibility, not power.
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If you don't have a moral question governing your society, then you don't have a society that is going to survive.
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When we walk upon Mother Earth, we always plant our feet carefully because we know the faces of our future generations are looking up at us from beneath the ground. we never forget them.
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I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior.
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Times change but principles don't. Times change but lands do not. Times change but our culture and our language remain the same. And that's what you have to keep intact. It's not what you wear - it's what's in your heart.
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Although we are in different boats you in your boat and we in our canoe we share the same river of life.
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