Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights.
SITTING BULLIt is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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God made me an Indian.
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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?
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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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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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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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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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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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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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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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Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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