Mourning Dove: “Everything on the earth…

Quote:

“Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence.”

– Mourning Dove, who was also known as Hum-ishu-ma and Christine Quintasket, amongst other names

Notes:

• Click here to read a Crow tribe proverb and view a photograph of Native American, Hail Stone.

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Sources:

• Photograph taken by Lucullus Virgil McWhorter – Washington State University, WSU Libraries Digital Collections

• “Native American Quotes – Great Words From Great Americans” – Legends of America.