I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
SITTING BULLInside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.
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God made me an Indian.
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Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, and in my heart he put other and different desires. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
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I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog.
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
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Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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