"Some of our chiefs make the claim that the land belongs to us. It is not what the Great Spirit told me. He told me that the lands belong to Him, that no people owns the land; that I was not to forget to tell this to the white people when I met them in council."
Kanakuk
Kickapoo tribe
Addressing Lieutenant William Clark, ("Lewis and Clark"), 1827Photo: Heart-leaved bittercress flowers above Upper Lake of the Clouds, Sangre de Cristo Mountains, CO; July 16, 2011
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