We lived on our land as long as we can remember. The land was owned by our tribe as far back as memory of men goes.

And when native man left off this form of development, his humanization was retarded in growth.

My first years were spent living just as my forefathers had lived - roaming the green, rolling hills of what are now the states of South Dakota and Nebraska.

There's no disrespect in what they do,

There was so much brush in the area, and you'd have not-respectable people hanging out all the time, ... I'm sure there was drug dealing happening, and I know there were underage kids drinking and throwing their beer cans everywhere. Now it looks so much better.

That the Indians possess the inherent right of expatriation as well as the more fortunate white race, and have the inalienable right to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness,' so long as they obey the laws and do not trespass on forbidden ground.