God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
SITTING BULLYou 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.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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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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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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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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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 was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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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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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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