We Indians do not teach that there is only one god.
We know that everything has power, including the most inanimate, inconsequential things.
Stones have power. A blade of grass has power. Trees and clouds and all our relatives in the insect and animal world
have power.
We believe we must respect that power by acknowledging
it's presence.
By honoring the power of the spirits in that way, it becomes
our power as well.
It protects us.

- Russell Means -