Whitefeather of the Ojibway, Grandson of Loonsfoot and Red Bird Woman

 With

 Fr. Carl Kabat, O.M.I.

 Fr. Paul Kabat, O.M.I.

 And

 Helen Dery Woodson

In the Name of the Native American People I ask the government of the United States of America, so called by the great-great grandchildren and grandchildren of immigrants who came to my land 492 winters past, to take from our Mother the Earth these machines of fire that destroy earth and human life throughout the lands of all people.

I act today, as the Old Ones have said I must, to take our stand, to make our land calm once again. The trees must remain green, the waters must be crystal, the sands are to be pure and warm once again. The sage and sweet grass, where the deer and elk lay their heads, must once more be safe and soft for them. Where the children shall walk and grow must be peaceful and warm; no bad shall they hear, and only good things their eyes shall see.

The circle we form which knows no color and knows no end, as our feet touch our Mother the Earth, shall not feel the hurt and destruction of fire. The winds are pure, and the Grandfathers have told us the time is now when peace must come from the North Wind, where the Old Ones have gone and only they, with the Great Spirit, know what is tomorrow.