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.
SITTING BULLI am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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God made me an Indian.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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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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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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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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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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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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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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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