God made me an Indian.
SITTING BULLIs 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?
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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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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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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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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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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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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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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If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.
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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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They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.
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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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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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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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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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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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