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?
SITTING BULLInside 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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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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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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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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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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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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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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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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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?
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