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It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest.
-American Indian Proverb
Anishinabe
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What the people believe is true.
-American Indian Proverb
Anishinabe
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Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant.
-American Indian Proverb
Kiowa
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Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.
-American Indian Proverb
Lakota
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Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.
-American Indian Proverb
Lakota
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When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.
-American Indian Proverb
Lakota
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Do not speak of evil for it creates curiosityin the hearts of the young.
-American Indian Proverb
Lakota
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Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.
-American Indian Proverb
Lumbee
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Pray to understand what man has forgotten.
-American Indian Proverb
Lumbee
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Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.
-American Indian Proverb
Maricopa
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If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
-American Indian Proverb
Minquass
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The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
-American Indian Proverb
Minquass
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A good chief gives, he does not take.
-American Indian Proverb
Mohawk
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A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick axe.
-American Indian Proverb
Navajo
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You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
-American Indian Proverb
Navajo
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There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail.
-American Indian Proverb
Navajo
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I have been to the end of the earth,
I have been to the end of the waters,
I have been to the end of the sky,
I have been to the end of the mountains,
I have found none that are not my friends.
-American Indian Proverb
Navajo
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Thoughts are like arrows: once released, they strike their mark. Guard them well or one day you may be your own victim.
-American Indian Proverb
Navajo
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Every animal knows more than you do.
-American Indian Proverb
Nez Perce
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White men have too many chiefs.
-American Indian Proverb
Nez Perce
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Talk to your children while they are eating;
what you say will stay even after you are gone.
-American Indian Proverb
Nez Perce
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To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.
-American Indian Proverb
Oglala Sioux
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When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps.
-American Indian Proverb
Oklahoma
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A starving man will eat with the wolf.
-American Indian Proverb
Oklahoma
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The coward shoots with shut eyes.
-American Indian Proverb
Oklahoma
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