Mother Earth, upon your body I walk in beauty, and everywhere I go, happiness will be with me. —Michael Bercier, Anishinaabe www.weareteachers.com/native-ameri... Monument Valley . James Swinnerton www.instagram.com/paintingsoft...

The beauty in life is, each day is a new day to try again and be a better version of myself than yesterday. —Aurora Mamea, Blackfeet www.weareteachers.com/native-ameri... Brilliant Southwest Sky . 1980 . Ed Mell www.instagram.com/paintingsoft...

Stars can't shine without darkness! allpoetry.com/poem/1186670...

Wind Spirt . 1955 . Blackbear Bosin (Tsate Kongia), Comanche-Kiowa www.facebook.com/PhilbrookMus...

In 1848 there were 7000 indigenous people in Nevada County CA. By 1852 that number was reduced to 3226 due to murder, disease, loss of hunting grounds, and relocation. Today there are 144 descendants of the Nevada City Rancheria Nisenan. I Still Live Here . Jenny Hale www.huswej.org/store/p/i-st...

Respect your elders, take care of them and pay attention when they speak. They have lived a life you will never experience, but the wisdom they have applies to your life now. —Carol Pipiu Sullivan, Yup’ik & Inupiaq Inuit www.weareteachers.com/native-ameri... Petroglyph, Painted Desert, Arizona

This panel of petroglyphs captures an ancient worldview filled with mystery and symbolic meaning ... circles resembling suns or cosmic portals ... a ritualistic or astronomical narrative—perhaps depicting eclipses, star maps, or spiritual journeys. www.facebook.com/groups/26657...

You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into our hearts. --Cochise www.inspirationforthespirit.com/native-ameri... Crow Canyon Petroglyph, Farmington, New Mexico gallivance.net/2020/07/31/a...

What is Life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. (continue via the link) --Black Elk, Oglala Sioux and Spiritual Leader www.xavier.edu/jesuitresour...

We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills and winding streams with tangled growth as wild. Earth was beautiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery. --Luther Standing Bear Dibé Yázhi . Mark Maggiori markmaggiori.com/products/lit...

Moon Mask . 2018 . Travis Peal, Nisga'a First Nation Red cedar, abalone inlay, pigment 17.75" high x 17.75" wide x 6" deep quintanagalleries.com/products/nis...

The outward light is but a reflection of the inner. ― Anasazi Foundation The Seven Paths: Changing One’s Way of Walking in the World www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/...

The Moon Symbol is the protector and guardian of the earth. Its spirit watches over us and can change our moods. Thunderbird Moon Mask . Mervyn Child, Kwaguʼł spiritsofthewestcoast.com/products/thu...

Birchbark biting is done by folding paper-thin pieces of birchbark and biting designs into it. While this is considered art in itself, it's also used as patterns for bead or quill work. Birchbark Sun Symbol . 1900 . Wife of Misha-kigizhig www.facebook.com/millelacsind...

So long as mists envelop you, be still; be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists—as it surely will. Then act with courage. —Chief White Eagle (Ponca) Sunface . Navajo Mandalas mandalland.blogspot.com/2009/03/nava...

An Inuit hunter asked the local missionary priest: If I did not know about God and sin, would I go to hell? No, said the priest, not if you did not know. Then why, asked the Inuit earnestly, did you tell me? Father Sky, Universal Protector . 1974 . Helen Hardin www.instagram.com/p/C8H3s3WPZxb/

First Nations People have been stewards of the land and water since time immemorial. We care for these valuable resources to sustain life now and in the future. —Darnella Melancon, Quechan www.weareteachers.com/native-ameri... Autumn Solitude . E. Martin Hennings www.invaluable.com/artist/henni...

We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings. —John Trudell, Santee Dakota www.weareteachers.com/native-ameri... Ajo Saguaros . 2011 . Ed Mell westernartandarchitecture.com/features/red...

I was born on the prairies where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures. —Geronimo, Chiricahua Apache www.weareteachers.com/native-ameri... The Luring Distance . Clyde Scott www.instagram.com/paintingsoft...

Every human being is a raindrop. And when enough of the raindrops become clear and coherent, they then become the power of the storm. —John Trudell, Santee Dakota www.weareteachers.com/native-ameri... Storms Forms . 2013 . Ed Mell www.instagram.com/paintingsoft...

Indian Survival On The California Frontier by Albert L. Hurtado www.latimes.com/archives/la-... Daughter of the Golden Moon www.tribalspiritsart.com/daughter-of-...

Never rail at the storms, the furious winds, the biting frosts and snows. Bright days and dark days are both expressions of the great mystery. --Luther Standing Bear www.inspirationforthespirit.com/native-ameri... Thunder Cloud Over Butte​ . Dan Namingha 1950- www.mountainliving.com/communal-con...

It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand. – Apache orionphilosophy.com/native-ameri... High Desert Peaks . 2011 . Ed Mell westernartandarchitecture.com/features/red...

The Great Spirit is in all things. He is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother. She nourishes us.That which we put into the ground she returns to us. --Big Thunder Wabanaki, Algonquin

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, Duwamish www.xavier.edu/jesuitresour... Homeward Bound . 1964 . E. Martin Hennings www.si.edu/object/homew...

I do not think the measure of a civilization is how tall its buildings of concrete are, but rather how well its people have learned to relate to their environment and fellow man. Sun Bear www.xavier.edu/jesuitresour... Adobe House and Taos Mountains . Victor Higgins (1884-1949)

As we light our fireworks, let us remember the Indigenous people of the land who bore the wrath of what July 4th represents. Let us honor what the Declaration of Independence itself called... Merciless Indian Savages www.cnay.org/merciless-in... When His Heart Is Bad . 1908 . Frederic Remington

As the U.S. marks its 250th anniversary, scholars examine what the nation’s founding meant for those who already called North America home newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/decl... Pale Moon Rising . Jeremy Winborg www.miaminiche.com/the-juxtapos...

Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking. ―Black Elk www.brainyquote.com/authors/blac... Painted Stories . 2010 . Ray Roberts www.medicinemangallery.com/blogs/news-p...

When the blood in your veins returns to the sea and the earth in your bones returns to the ground, perhaps then you will remember that this land does not belong to you, it is you who belong to the land. ―First Nations People Gathering for the Rabbit Hunt . 1927 . Oscar Edmund Berninghaus