American Indian proverbs

Be first at the feast, and last at the fight.

We do not inherit the land, we borrow it from our children.

You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep. Navajo

A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass. Sioux

Never criticize a man until you've walked a mile in his moccasins.

I will not criticize another until I have walked a mile in his mocassins.

If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself. Minquass

Do not wrong or hate your neighbor for it is not he that you wrong but yourself.

Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.

When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.

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