“I do feel pity for your people that they must live under such an ugly system. Under your system, you are taught greed, racism, and corruption—and most serious of all, the destruction of Mother Earth. Under the Native American system, we are taught all people are Brothers and Sisters; to share the wealth with the poor and needy. But the most important of all is to respect and preserve the Earth, who we consider to be our Mother. We feed from her breast; our Mother gives us life from birth and when it’s time to leave this world, who again takes us back into her womb. But the main thing we are taught is to preserve her for our children and our grandchildren, because they are the next who will live upon her.” [Leonard Peltier’s Pre-Sentencing Statement, June 1, 1977, Fargo, North Dakota, U.S. v Leonard Peltier] Excerpt From: Matthiessen, Peter. “In the Spirit of Crazy Horse
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