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About 150 years ago, in a letter to the President of the United States, Chief Seattle warned of his concern about the environment. He stated that "Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely one strand in it ... And what he does to the web, he does to himself ...All things are connected, continue to contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate in your own waste...
Since indigenous peoples have had little to do with the industrial world, it is tragic that we are the victims of this inevitable fate.
In the Indian way of life, we pray to the spirit world and our creator through the tree. I continue to pray every day for the indigenous peoples of the world, for Raoni and for our survival."
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Floyd Red Crow Westerman
Sioux Spiritual Leader
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