"You
must teach your children that the
ground beneath their feet is the
ashes of our grandfathers. So that
they will respect the land, tell
your children that the earth is rich
with the lives of our kin. Teach
your children that we have taught
our children that the earth is our
mother. Whatever befalls the earth
befalls the sons of earth. If men
spit upon the ground, they spit upon
themselves."
- Chief Seattle, 1854