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NATIVE AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH. The purpose of National Native America Heritage Month is to honor the continuing contributions Native Americans make to this country. “Treat all men alike. All men were made by the same Great Spirit. They are all brothers.” Chief Joseph – Nez Perce.
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The purpose of National Native America HeritageMonthis to honor the continuing contributions Native Americans make to this country.
“Treat all men alike. All men were made by the same Great Spirit. They are all brothers.”Chief Joseph – Nez Perce
“You must speak straight so that your words may go as sunlight into the heart.”Cochise, Chiricahua
“Out of the Indian came a great respect for life and principles of generosity and brotherhood.”Chief Luther Standing Bear - Oglala Sioux
“It is our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome.”Ohiyesa, Santee Sioux
“We do not want riches, but we want to train our children right.”Chief Red Cloud, Sioux
“There is one God looking down on us all…listening to what we have to say.”Geronimo, Apache
“No person among us desires any other reward for performing a brave action of having served his nation.”Joseph Brant, Mohawk
“Everything on the earth has a purpose and every person a mission.”Mourning Dove - Salish
“Seek to make your life longand of service to your people.”Tecumseh, Shawnee