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Native American Words of Wisdom


Lone Man (Isna-la-wica) - Teton Sioux

Long Mandan - Sioux

Many Horses - Oglala Sioux

Maquinna - Nootka Chief

Metea - Potowatami Chief Of The Illinois Nation

Mourning Dove 1888-1936 - Salish

Okanicon - Delaware

Old Tassel - Chereokee

Peter Jones - Ojibwe

Piapot - Cree Chief

Qwatsinas - (Chief Edward Moody), Nuxalk Nation

Red Dog - Oglala Sioux

Red Jacket - Seneca

Sarah Winnemucca - Paiute

Satank - Kiowa

Sharitarish - Pawnee

Shingis - Delaware Chief

Shinguaconse (Little Pine)

Shooter - Teton Sioux

Simon Pokagon - Potawatomi Chief

Sitting Bull - Teton Sioux

Chief Spotted Tail

Tecumseh - Shawnee

Teedyuscung - Delaware

Ten Bears - Yamparika Comanche

Tomochichi - Creek Chief

Tenskwatawa - Shawnee

Tomochichi - Creek Chief

Waheenee - Hidatsa

White Shield - Arikara Chief

Wovoka - Paiute

The Indian Ten Commandments