#30 10/31

Nothing in the land if the indian, interested the white man. nothing escapes the white man's forcing hand.

Everything that the Indians do, the white man doesn't care about it. they try and save their land, while the white man takes it. Greed drives the whites, and they do nothing but take from the indians. power is what drives them, and no matter what the indians try and do to stop it, nothing will change.

#28 10/28/16

The animals have rights, the lakota never enslaved an animal.

The indians never took the animals for granted. They only hunted for what was needed, they didn't hunt for game. They didn't domesticate any animals, except for the horses. Because, they had such a strong spiritual connection.

#27 10/27/16

a life force that flows through all things, it is the same force that was breathed into the first man.

Everything is connected. everyone is connected. All things around that live, breathe the same air we do. all things are connected and without one the rest of the chain fails.

#26 10/21/16

We do not want churches, because they will teach us to quarrel about god.

The native Americans want to be free to believe in what they do. Forcing people to believe in a certain thing, is inhumane. They just want to be able to believe in their own god, and their own beliefs. like he says, he has quarrelled with men before, but does not want to quarrel with god. 

#25 10/18

the comfort of feeling safe with a person, when you don't have to think about or speak words, but can show the love and trust you have for someone.

With family, people have trust, they have love and laughter, and they have each other. This reading says to me that, when you have someone, or a number of someones' like a family you together can be happy. And when you have each other, you do not need anyone else in the world. Family comes first, always.

#24 10/17 Ten Bears

My heart is filled with joy when I see you here, filled with joy. 

When the season changes to spring, everything comes to life. the flowers start blooming, the grass grows green, and the rivers flow again. This brings warmer weather and time for people to grow and live happily. people have the ability to be happy, but they choose when they are and are not happy. 

#22 10/14/16 Chief Dan George

How desperately do we need to love, we must have it. without it we become weak, our courage fails. with love we can do anything, but without we can do nothing.

Love is the end guide to happiness. when you're in love, there nothing you can't do or won't try to do. Love drives us, in good ways, and bad. Love does crazy things, and all the time we spend trying to find it is just part of our journey. 

#21 10/13

Try to do something for your people, have pitty on your people and help them.

sometimes people need help, they need guidence. people cna not help themselves sometimes so they need a little lift up from others. when you do something for another person in need, it give them hope. hope that there are people who care about them and for them.

10/6 reading #20

Look and listen for the welfare of the whole people and always in view not only the present but also coming generations.

As a leader you have to listen to what the people want. The Leader must be all the things the people can't be. The leader must pay attention to his people, and do what is essential for them to flourish. you have to steer your people in the best possible way towards the future, not only for the living but the unborn who are coming.

Reading # 19 10/5 Mohawk

No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave and worthy action but the conscious of having served his nation.

No one desires a reward if everyone fights what they believe in. They say that fighting at home means more than fighting in a foreign land, it means more. People who are defending there homes, and trying to keep them from being ripped from their grasps. We shouldn't do good deeds or an amazing act out of the goodness of our hearts not for a reward.

Reading #17 10/4

When you begin a great work, you can't expect to finish all at once, you and your bothers and sister can't be discouraged, until the work is finished.

This reading calls to me, once I start a project i want to finish it that day. I want to make it perfect within the next couple of hours. For example, papers, and projects around the house. When i start writing a paper for english class, i want to finish it right then and there. But like everything else in life, there is a process. "Do or do not, there is no try."- Yoda