Luther Standing Bear Quote

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.

He was chief of the Oglala Sioux

Land of the Spotted Eagle, 1933


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...

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...

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...

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...