God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
SITTING BULLOur 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?
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stay here and to raise this country full of grown people.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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I will remain what I am until I die, a hunter, and when there are no buffalo or other game I will send my children to hunt and live on prairie, for where an Indian is shut up in one place his body becomes weak.
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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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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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God made me an Indian.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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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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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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