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...
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lonely native-american white
What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
native-american men white-man
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.
native-american men white-man
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
native-american men white-man
What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
men white-man doe
The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
men white-man broken
What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one.
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.
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.