Neither Wolf nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder

by Kent Nerburn

the world I had entered was not mine to reduce to the size and shape of my own understanding.

“I think it's because the most important thing for white people is freedom. The most important thing for Indian people is honor.

It was more important for us to know what was right than to know what was wrong.

“You want to know how to be like Indians? Live close to the earth. Get rid of some of your things. Help each other. Talk to the Creator. Be quiet more. Listen to the earth instead of building things on it all the time. “Don't blame other people for your troubles and don't try to make people into something they're not.”