I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
SITTING BULLWhat does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?
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Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
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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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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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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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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 woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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It does not take many words to tell the truth.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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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 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 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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