Luther Standing Bear Quotes:
Ocupation: Author
Life: d. February 19, 1939
Birthday: d. February 19
Only to the white man was nature a "wilderness" and only to him was the land "infested" with "wild" animals and "savage" people. To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery. Not until the hairy man from the east came and with brutal frenzy heaped injustices upon us and the families that we loved was it "wild" for us. When the very animals of the forest began fleeing from his approach, then it was that for us the "Wild West" began.
source: Luther Standing Bear (2006). “Land of the Spotted Eagle”, p.38, U of Nebraska Press
topic: Men, Animal, Blessing, Man And Nature, Lakota, Modern Culture, Indian Culture, Wild West, Rolling Hills, Best Nature, Native America, Native American Indian, Native American Indian Inspirational, Native Wisdom
