The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the
region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into
the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent
also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew
as naturally as the wild sunflowers, he belongs just as the
buffalo belonged....
Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great
freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life,
enriching faith in a Supreme Power, and principles of
truth, honesty, generosity, equity, and brotherhood as a
guide to mundane relations.
