I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.
SITTING BULLThey 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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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.
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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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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children’s mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.
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You come here to tell us lies, but we don’t want to hear them. If we told you more, you would have paid no attention. That is all I have to say.
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I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
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God made me an Indian.
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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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