‘On the Land’
How can you buy or sell the sky - the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. Yet we do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us? We will decide in our time. Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. Every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clearing and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people.” Chief Seathl Written to the President of the United States in 1855 .by Chief Sathl of the Duvamish Tribe of the State of Washington, regarding the proposed purchase of the tribe’s land.
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Mana (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 15, 23 February 1978, Page 4
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121‘On the Land’ Mana (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 15, 23 February 1978, Page 4
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