Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
SITTING BULLThere are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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God made me an Indian.
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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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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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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation 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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The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
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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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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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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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There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.
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In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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