"Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not perish even by the flames of fire. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this will be here to give life to man and animals. We cannot sell the lives of men and animals; therefore, we cannot sell this land. It was put here for us by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us.

You can count your money and burn it within the nod of an animal's head, but only the Great Spirit can count the grains of sand and the blades of grass of these lands. As a present to you, we will give you anything we have that you can take with you; but the land, never."

--- Blackfoot Chief