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From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe!

Tecumseh

When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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Good Life Morning Strength Thank Thanksgiving
When Jesus Christ came upon the Earth, you killed Him. The son of your own God. And only after He was dead did you worship Him and start killing those who would not.
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Christ Dead Earth God Jesus Kill Own Son Start
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.
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Always Lonely Lying Meet Morning Pass Friend Place Salute Sign Strange Word
I am Shawnee! I am a warrior! My forefathers were warriors. From them I took only my birth into this world.
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Birth Destiny Faith Forefather Person Took Warrior World
A single twig breaks, but the bundle of twigs is strong.
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Being Break Bundle Single Strength Strong Twig
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and the oppression of the White Man, as snow before a summer sun.
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Country Give Man Oppression Personmpeople Powerful Summer Sun Today Tribe Up White
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.
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Country Native Oppression People Person Powerful Snow Summer Sun Today Tribe
We gave them forest-clad mountains and valleys full of game, and in return what did they give our warriors and our women? Rum, trinkets, and a grave.
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Clad Forest Full Game Grave Mountain Return Valley Warrior
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours.
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Country Demand Life Native Other Religion Respect Strength Trouble View
From my tribe I take nothing, I am the maker of my own fortune.
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Fortune Maker Nothing Own Tribe Tribes
Show respect to all people and grovel to none. When you arise in the morning give thanks for the food and for the joy of living. If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies only in yourself.
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Fault Grovel Lies Living Morning People Resonmjoy Respect Show Yourself
When your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way.
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Come Death Fear Fill Life Little More Pray Time Weep Wisdom
So live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Country Death Enter Fear Heart Live Love Native Song You
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view, and demand that they respect yours.
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Demand One Other Religion Respect Trouble
The white people have no right to take the land from the Indians, because the Indians had it first.
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First Indian Land People Right White
I am the maker of my own fortune, and Oh! that I could make that of my Red People, and of my country, as great as the conceptions of my mind, when I think of the spirit that rules the universe.
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Conception Country Fortune Great Justice Make Mind Own People Person Read Rule Thinking Universe
Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
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Body Country Defend Father Grave Heart Home Let Liberty Warrior
Prepare a noble death song for the day when you go over the great divide.
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Day Death Divide Great Noble Over Prepare Song
When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness.
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Dream End Greatness Legend More
Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
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Death Die Go Hero Home Sing Song
When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the light, for your life, for your strength.
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God Gratitude Life Morning Rise Strength Thank Thankful
Always give a word or sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend, or even a stranger, if in a lonely place.
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Always Even Friend Lonely Medicine Meet Native Pass Place Salute Sign Stranger Word
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long and its purpose in the service of your people.
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Beautify Life Long Love Make People Perfect Seek Service
Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision.
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Abuse Native One Rob Spirit Thing Turn Vision Wise
Love your life, perfect your life, beautify all things in your life.
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Life Love Native Perfect Thing You
Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the clouds and the great sea, as well as the earth? Did not the Great Spirit make them all for the use of his children?
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Children Colour Country Earth Gret Sea Sell Spirit
Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart.
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Appreciation Death Enter Fear Heart Inspirational Live

From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe!

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From my tribe I take nothing. I am the maker of my own destiny! And of that I might make the destiny of my red people, of our nation, as great as I conceive to in my mind, when I think of Weshemoneto, who rules this universe!

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