Prompt: Defend or oppose a foundational ideal professed by a Native American. Write a persuasive paragraph and explain why you support or denounce the statement. Use logic and reasoning to support your claims, as well as applicable historical background and context.

Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?

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Prompt: Defend or oppose a foundational ideal professed by a Native American. Write a persuasive paragraph and explain why you support or denounce the statement. Use logic and reasoning to support your claims, as well as applicable historical background and context.

Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?