Chief Seattle

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.

- Chief Seattle

1. "To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground."

   "There is no death, only a change of worlds."

   "Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it."

   "My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain."

2. Chief Seattle Quotes
   
   
   All things are connected. The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath-the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench. – Chief Seattle.
   
   
   
   We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die. Together Will Children Chief Seattle Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints. Chief Seattle
   
   The Earth does not belong to us: we belong to the Earth. Chief Seattle

3. Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. Chief Seattle 

4.  Man does not weave this web of life.
   
   
   
   Chief Seattle “There is no death, only a change of worlds.”. 

5.  “All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.”. 

6.  “Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it.
   
   
   
   Yonder sky that has wept tears of compassion upon my people for centuries untold, and which to us appears changeless and eternal, may change. Chief Seattle 

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8.  Change is a recurring theme throughout human history.
   
   
   
   “The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. 

9. We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children” ~ Chief Seattle

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11.   “Only when the last tree has died and the last river has ...
    
     Humans merely share the earth. We can only protect the land, not own it. – Chief Seattle. 

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13.  Our people are ebbing away like a rapidly receding tide that will never return. – Chief Seattle. Suquamish and Duwamish chief.