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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.

Sitting Bull

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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Abuse Break Children Drink Law Man Myself See White
I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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Greatness Myself Spirit
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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Desire Greatness Man Myself Place Spirit White
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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Man Money Myself Theft White
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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Fools Greatness Myself Thinking
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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Goodness Greatness Man Spirit
What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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Bad Insult Lonely Myself White Woman
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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Animal Children Death Himself Hunter Place Weakness
In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
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Day Learning Myself Quick
As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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Break Easy Fingers Strong Togetherness
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.
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Dog Myself See Warrior Wolf Worth
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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Choice Country Greatness Myself Spiritual
I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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Goodness Intention Myself Sorry
I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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Leadership Myself Soldier
I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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Believe Goodness Injury Kill Man Peace Theft White
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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Agreement Children Food Ourselves People White

God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.

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