Keep five yards from a carriage, ten yards from a horse, and a hundred yards from an elephant; but the distance one should keep from a wicked man cannot be measured.

Call on God, but row away from the rocks.

A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.

The Wailaki nation once thrived with 95 villages. In the mid-19th century, there existed around 2,700 Wailaki, whereas today there only about 1,000 remain. For more information on the Wailaki of today you can visit the following link.

Round Valley Reservation
Achomawi, Concow, Nomelaki, Wailaki, Wintun, Yuki & Pomo
Post Office Box 448
Covelo
CA 95428-
(707) 983-6126
Fax: 983-6128

Time is just something that we assign. You know, past, present, it's just all arbitrary. Most Native Americans, they don't think of time as linear; in time, out of time, I never have enough time, circular time, the Stevens wheel. All moments are happening all the time.