A Crow Indian, Bill Yellowtail, was recently quoted in an article in High Country News:

"The battle of the 21st century will be to save this planet," he says, "and there's no doubt in my mind that the battle will be fought by Native people. For us it is a spiritual duty. We get our very identity from our connection to the earth, a connection that we celebrate in our ceremonies and rituals. Those ceremonies bind us to our forefathers, to the beginning of time."

"For us it is a spiritual duty". For me too, Bill. You are not alone, never doubt that.