They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.
SITTING BULLIf a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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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 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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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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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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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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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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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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.
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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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What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
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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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I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
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