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.
SITTING BULLEvery seed is awakened, and all animal life.
More Sitting Bull Quotes
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God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
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What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
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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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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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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 was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
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I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.
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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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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.
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Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.
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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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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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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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