"I cannot think that we are useless. But we are not as useful as we might be."

"I was warmed by the sun, rocked by the winds, and sheltered by the trees as other Indian babes."

"I will protect my people if I live. For myself I do not fear for I have the word of Usen. Who is the White Nantan to think he can pit his power against that of Usen?"

"The white man has many books. But he does not know the wisdom of the earth."

"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."