Traditional Leader Or Chief

Genghis Khan

Military

1162–1227

"Be of one mind and one faith, that you may conquer your enemies and lead long and happy lives."

Hollow Horn Bear

Politics

1850–1913

"The bullets bursted at the time of the war, and we used to die with bullets, but now let us die quietly."

🇨🇦Crowfoot

1830–1890

"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."

Black Elk

rite

1863–1950

"And as I looked ahead, the people changed into elks and bison and all four-footed beings and even into fowls, all walking in a sacred manner on the good red road together."