This Time the Good Gal Won and the Montana Junior Senator Lost!


Deb Haaland, newly confirmed Secretary of the Interior
First Native American to hold a Cabinet Position. (D-NM)

When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money.

   - Cree Prophecy

In our every deliberation, we must consider the impact of our decisions on the next seven generations.

   - Iroquois maxim

Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children.  We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.

   -Ancient Indian Proverb

Together we can end the holocaust against the environment.

   -Haida Gwaiil Traditional Circle of Elders

The Great Spirit is in all things.  He is in the air we breathe. The Great Spirit is our Father, but the Earth is our Mother.  She nourishes us.  That which we put into the ground she returns to us.

   -Big thunder (Bedagi) Wabanaki, Algonquin

The relationship between Native nations and their environment is sacred.  It is the foundation of their cultures and worldview.

   -U.S. Sen. Daniel K. Akaka


Steve Daines, Montana Junior Senator (R) did everything possible to stop Deb Haaland's nomination and confirmation from moving forward. When it was finally time for the confirmation vote, he placed a hold on it.  In the end, the "manservant of the oil and gas moguls" lost his fight and America will now have a person who knows how to treat our land better than anyone!  And Steve Daines will slither back to his office and await the moguls to beacon him once again. 


The Native Americans have taught each of us how to take care of our land, our water, and our air.  Too many have refused to listen. Some have taken the advice as an either/or situation.  They saw no way to both conserve, protect, and defend our land, water and air -  while at the same time drilling into the land, polluting the water and dirtying the air we breathe. With proper planning, both could have been accomplished, but greed and power has always won the day for guys like Daines!

...EXCEPT FOR TODAY!




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