God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
SITTING BULLI am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
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I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
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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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The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
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Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
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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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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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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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As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.
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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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Go back home where you came from. This country is mine, and I intend to stay here and to raise this country full of grown people.
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Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
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I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.
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This is a good day to die. Follow me!
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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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Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
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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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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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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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God made me an Indian.
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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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A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.
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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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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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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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