What is Life?

It is the flash of a firefly in the night. 

It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. 

It is the little shadow which runs across the grass 

and loses itself in the sunset.” 

~ Crowfoot (c. 1821–1830 – 25 April 1890; Chief of the Siksika First Nation)

Photo credits: Fireflies @ Night: Masahiro Miyasaka; Buffalo in Winter: Anonymous; Shadows on Grass: Candis Collick; Drummond Island Sunset: Paul Strom; Crowfoot: Library and Archives of Canada