Oren Lyons

“Although we are in different boats, you in your boat and we in our canoe, we share the same river of life.”

“The issue of sovereignty is not negotiable.”

“Look behind you. See your sons and your daughters. They are your future. Look farther and see your sons' and your daughters' children and their children's children even unto the seventh generation.”

“When you sit in council for the welfare of the people, you must not think of yourself or of your family, not even of your generation. Make your decisions on behalf of the seven generations coming, so that they may enjoy what you have today.”

“We were told that we would see America come and go. In a sense, America is dying from within, because they forgot the instructions on how to live on earth.”

“The natural world is the face of the Creator.”

“You have to be responsible for the consequences of your actions.”

“Peace is not just the absence of war, it is a state of mind, a way of life.”

“What you do to the Earth, you do to yourself.”

“This is a world of law. There's a spiritual law that's above all laws. And you must be in harmony with that law.”

“Power is not in a gun. Power is in the land. Power is in the people. Power is in the spirit.”

“We are a part of everything that is beneath us, and around us. Our past is our present, our present is our future, and our future is seven generations past and present.”

“The environment isn't over here. The environment isn't over there. You are the environment.”

“Our leaders are the finest people we have, and they are our servants, not our masters.”

“We have to get back to the spiritual law. That’s the law of the Creator. And that’s the law of the land.”

“There is a great council of all life, and we are but one member.”

“Climate change is not a belief system, it is a reality.”