- "Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then
we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike--brothers of one
father and one another, with one sky above us and one country around us,
and one government for all.” - Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
"If
the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in
peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them all the same law. Give them all
an even chance to live and grow. All men were made by the same Great
Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The Earth is the mother of all
people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.......Let me be a
free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to
trade....where I choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of
my fathers, free to think and talk and act for myself, and I will obey
every law, or submit to the penalty.” - Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
