Native American Sayings

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0><script type="text/javascript" src="http://hb.lycos.com/hb.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://ratings.lycos.com/ratings/lycosRating.js.php"></script> <script type="text/javascript"><![CDATA[//><!]]></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://scripts.lycos.com/catman/init.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-start.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-middle.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/ad/code-end.js"></script> <noscript> <img src="http://members.tripod.com/adm/img/common/ot_noscript.gif?rand=862455" alt="" width="1" height="1" />  <iframe frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" width="728" height="90" src="http://ad.yieldmanager.com/st?ad_type=iframe&ad_size=728x90&section=209094"></iframe>  </noscript> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0 height="100%"><tr> <td valign="top" width=106 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="85759990.gif" border=0 width="89" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> <td valign="top" BGCOLOR="#66334C" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="fawns_page2.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="FAWNS PAGE2"><U><B>RETURN TO INDEX PAGE</b></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Some Native American Sayings</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#9999FF" FACE="Arial" >When you meet a stranger in a strange land </FONT></div> <div> greet him as a friend, For we are all one family,</div> <div> One Tribe, One Nation, One World. </div> <bR> <div> <B>A message from Tecumseh</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> We do not wish to destroy your religion, </div> <div> We only want to enjoy our own. </div> <bR> <div> <B>Red Jacket </b></div> <div> <B>Chief of the Senecas</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop,</div> <div> free to work, free to trade where I choose, </div> <div> free to choose my own teachers, free to follow </div> <div> the religion of my fathers, free to think and </div> <div> talk and act for myself-- and I will obey every law, </div> <div> or submit to the penalty. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Chief Joseph 1877 </b></div> <div> <B>Nez Perce</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#9999FF" FACE="Arial" >The Great Spirit is in all things; </FONT></div> <div> he is in the air we breathe. </div> <div> The Great Spirit is our Father, </div> <div> but the earth is our mother. </div> <div> She nourishes us; that which we put</div> <div> into the ground she returns to us. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Big Thunder </b></div> <div> <B>Wabanaki Algonquin</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC00FF" FACE="Arial" >....I have seen that in any great undertaking </FONT></div> <div> it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Lone Man </b></div> <div> <B>Teton Sioux</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#9999FF" FACE="Arial" >We need something to stroke our fire, </FONT></div> <div> to stir us into action.If we sit all day </div> <div> and wonder why life is passing us by,</div> <div> it is probably because we gave so little enthusiasm. </div> <div> Lack of enthusiasm can be the result of fear-- </div> <div> fear of disappointment, fear of what others will think </div> <div> or say. But on the other hand, who cares what someone </div> <div> might say? That is their problem, not ours. </div> <div> It may seem easier not to count on anything, but if we </div> <div> take the time to study a situation to see what we can do,</div> <div> it could be worth a few disappointments to just see our </div> <div> own grit and enthusiasm to tackle it. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Joyce Sequichie Hifler </b></div> <div> <B>Cherokee</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#99FFFF" FACE="Arial" >When I was ten years of age I looked at the land </FONT></div> <div> and the rivers,the sky above, and the animals around </div> <div> me and could not fail to realize that they were made </div> <div> by some great power. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Tatanka-Ohitika </b></div> <div> <B>Sioux</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#9999FF" FACE="Arial" >The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's </FONT></div> <div> heart away from nature becomes hard. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Luther Standing Bear </b></div> <div> <B>Lakota Chief</b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC00FF" FACE="Arial" >Do not take upon the warpath without a just </FONT></div> <div> cause and honest purpose. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Pushmataha </b></div> <div> <B>Choctaw Leader </b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CC99FF" FACE="Arial" >There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike... </FONT></div> <div> give them the same law .... give them an even chance. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Chief Joseph </b></div> <div> <B>Nez Perce </b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#9999FF" FACE="Arial" >We do not want riches but we do want to train </FONT></div> <div> our children right. Riches would do us no good. </div> <div> We could not take them with us to the other world. </div> <div> We do not want riches, we want peace and love. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Red Cloud </b></div> <div> <B>Sioux Chieftain </b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="6690c1f0.gif" border=0 width="524" height="31" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#CCFFFF" FACE="Arial" >The first peace ... is that which comes within </FONT></div> <div> the souls of men when they realize their relationship, </div> <div> their oneness , with the universe and all its Powers. </div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>Black Elk </b></div> <div> <B>Lakota </b></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B><IMG SRC="98d0e3c0.gif" border=0 width="270" height="60" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></b></I></div> <div> <I><B><U>Web Page Copyright © 1999-2001</U></b></I></div> <div> <I><B><U>BEAR WEB PRODUCTIONS </U></b></I></div> <div> <I><B><U>All rights Reserved </U></b></I></div> <div> <I><B>Comments or Suggestions?</b></I><A HREF="fawn106@hotmail.com mailto:" TARGET="_top" TITLE="fawn106@hotmail.com mailto:"><U><I><B> </b></I></U></A><FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial Narrow" ><A HREF="fawn106@hotmail.com mailto:" TARGET="_top" TITLE="fawn106@hotmail.com mailto:"><U><I><B><U>E-mail the Web master</U></b></I></U></A><A HREF="fawn106@hotmail.com mailto:" TARGET="_top" TITLE="fawn106@hotmail.com mailto:"><U><I><B> </b></I></U></A></FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B> <script language="javascript"></script> <script language="javascript1.1"></script> <script language="javascript1.2"></script> <script language="javascript1.3"></script> <script language="javascript"></script> <script language="javascript1.2"></script> <noscript> <a href='http://www.stats4all.com/asp/login.asp?sSiteName=BEARWEBSTATS' target=_blank> <img BORDER=0 src='http://www.hit.stats4all.com/asp/hit.asp?sSiteName=BEARWEBSTATS'></a> </noscript> <script language="javascript1.2"></script>   </b></I></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" width=102 BGCOLOR="#000000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <IMG SRC="85759990.gif" border=0 width="89" height="153" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </td> </tr></table></body>