Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bullwas a Hunkpapa Lakota holy man who led his people during years of resistance to United States government policies. He was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock Indian Reservation during an attempt to arrest him, at a time when authorities feared that he would join the Ghost Dance movement...
ProfessionStatesman
It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
life minds
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.
earth embrace received results shall
The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results of that love.
soldier chiefs
I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.
firsts kill-me possession
First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.
lonely native-american white
What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
sitting spirit chiefs
I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
buffalo taste sides
The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.
father wish portions
Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
country years forever
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.
In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.
men broken red-lipstick
What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.
mind disease soil
Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
son boys men
I surrender this rifle to you through my young son, whom I now desire to teach in this manner that he has become a friend of the Americans. I wish him to learn the habits of the whites and to be educated as their sons are educated. I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. This boy has given it to you, and he now wants to know how he is going to make a living.