Hmm, at the risk of hazy memory mis quoting.
From Black Elk?, I would not have the whites cutting trees along the river,especially the oaks,for like us they endure the heat of summer and the bitter cold of winter.
And while i am off and wandering...
An old Sioux i used to converse with locally told me,"when you can,t come home from work,sit down at the table and have a cup of coffee with your wife,its over".