My young men shall never work, men who work cannot dream; and wisdom comes to us in dreams. You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mothers breast? Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest. You ask me to dig for stone. Shall I dig under her skin for bones? Then when I die I cannot enter her body to be born again. You ask me to cut grass and make hay and sell it and be rich like white men. But how dare I cut off my mothers hair? -Smohalla, founder of the dreamer religion - Sokulk band of Nez Perce (The dreamer religion, as pictured above, was comprised of individuals who sought guidance from the spirit world during the times of great change. Chief Joseph was one of the most well known members of this organization, due to his notoriety.)
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