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 wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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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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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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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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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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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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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
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God made me an Indian.
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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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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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