"To the white man nature was a wilderness infested with wild animals and savage people.
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To us it was tame, earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery".
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Chief Luther Standing Bear
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"We saw the Great Spirit's work in almost everything; sun, moon, trees, wind and mountains.
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Sometimes we approached him through those things. Was that so bad"?
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Walking Buffalo
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"The Sioux knew that man's heart away from nature becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing things soon led to lack of respect for humans too".
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Chief Luther Standing Bear
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>From pastures of plenty, sailin¡¯ in with the gold
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"Free land for the taking" they said
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And they told of the primitive red man.
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chorus:
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"Naked in the river he stands
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His arms stretched out to the sky
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He¡¯s worshipping the spirits of the land
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And his song to the moon
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Is the savage wolf-cry
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Great moon, hawk moon
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Hoop moon, hawk moon
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Hawk moon -stretch out your wings
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In a hoop - circle of the people
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These people feel kinship with the birds of the air.
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With the trees, with the winds that blow,
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In fact, they see kinship everywhere.
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chorus:
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"Sir it pains me to tell you that you hoped too
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much for this land.
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Wild barbarous country it is.
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And it's alive with the beasts and the red am".
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chorus:
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Savage Moon
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| Mike Heron |
