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.
SITTING BULLAs individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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The life my people want is a life of freedom. I have seen nothing that a white man has, houses or railways or clothing or food, that is as good as the right to move in the open country and live in our fashion.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!
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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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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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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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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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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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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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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.
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