This we know.

The earth does not belong to us: we belong to the earth.

This we know.

All things are connected, like the blood that unites one family.

Wate’er befalls the earth, befalls the children of earth.

This we know.

We did not weave the web of life, we are merely a strand in it.

Whatever we do to the earth, we do to ourselves.

This we know.

— Chief Si’ahl

Chief Si’ahl is also know as Chief Sealth or Seattle.