“When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot eat money.”
Some people attribute this quote to the Apache Leader known as Geronimo.
Quoteinvestigator.com says it is highly probable that it belongs to a guy called Alanis Obomsawin.
But what is more important? Who said it or what we make of it?
Alanis is a woman.
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Calling her ‘a guy’ is in line with how a lot of women refer to themselves. http://blog.nmai.si.edu/.a/6a01156f5f4ba1970b0192ab1fc2ae970d-320wi
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Alanis is a woman.
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Calling her ‘a guy’ is in line with how a lot of women refer to themselves.
http://blog.nmai.si.edu/.a/6a01156f5f4ba1970b0192ab1fc2ae970d-320wi
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