For the Lakota there was no wilderness. Nature was not dangerous but hospitable, not forbidding but friendly.
Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library. - Luther Standing Bear
Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library.
- Luther Standing Bear
Certain small ways and observances sometimes have connection with large and more profound ideas. - Luther Standing Bear
Certain small ways and observances sometimes have connection with large and more profound ideas.
The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fas… - Luther Standing Bear
The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fas…
Only to the white man was nature a 'wilderness'. - Luther Standing Bear
Only to the white man was nature a 'wilderness'.
The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led t… - Luther Standing Bear
The old Lakota was wise. He knew that man's heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led t…
The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard. - Luther Standing Bear
The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard.
It is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny. - Luther Standing Bear
It is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny.
Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for … - Luther Standing Bear
Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for …
Training began with children who were taught to sit still and enjoy it. They were taught to use their organs of smell, to look where there was appare… - Luther Standing Bear
Training began with children who were taught to sit still and enjoy it. They were taught to use their organs of smell, to look where there was appare…
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