Joseph, Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, Black Elk, Ohiyesa, and many more talk about their insights on Local American ways of living, learning, and dying.

There is certainly something archetypal on the subject of the philosophy of the initial Americans, especially towards the sensibilities of modern European Americans. We acknowledge it as from the earth we walk on, from those that preceded us. Once we read the intelligence of these individuals, it is possible to feel a reconnection with this land and ourselves.

Extracted from orations, recorded observations of life and social affairs, and other first-person testimonies, this book chooses the very best of Native American wisdom and distills it to its essence in a nutshell, digestible quotes that are meaningful and timeless – maybe even more timely now than when they were written.