Feed Your Spirit: 19 Words of Wisdom By Chief Dan George

7- There is a longing among all people and creatures to have a sense of purpose and worth. To satisfy that common longing in all of us we must respect each other. 

8- Of all the teachings we receive, this one is most important: Nothing belongs to you of what there is, of what you take, you must share. 

9- We have taken so much from your culture, I wish you had taken something from ours…For there were some beautiful and good things within it. Perhaps now that the time has come, We are fearful that what you take will be lost…. I shall grab the instruments of the white man’s success: His education, his skills, and society. 

10- First we had the land and they had the Bibles, now we have the Bibles and they have the land 

11- The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon, the whisper of spruce needles, or the screech of an eagle. But he will not make friends with any of these creatures and when his heart aches with longing, he will curse me.

Have I done all to keep the air fresh? Have I cared enough about the water? Have I left the eagle to soar in freedom? Have I done everything I could to earn my grandchild’s fondness?