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.
SITTING BULLGod made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also.
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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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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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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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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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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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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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This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.
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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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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.
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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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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 know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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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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What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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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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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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