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Sitting Bull Quotes: "As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist."

As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "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."

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.




Sitting Bull Quotes: "It does not take many words to tell the truth"

It does not take many words to tell the truth



Sitting Bull Quotes: "If we must die, we die defending our rights."

If we must die, we die defending our rights.




Sitting Bull Quotes: "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."

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.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle."

I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it."

The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.




Sitting Bull Quotes: "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!"

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!



Sitting Bull Quotes: "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?"

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?



Sitting Bull Quotes: "Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows."

Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time."

They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land."

It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore yield to our neighbors, even to our animal neighbors, the same right as ourselves to inhabit this vast land.




Sitting Bull Quotes: "God made me an Indian."

God made me an Indian.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean."

If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "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?"

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?



Sitting Bull Quotes: "Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth."

Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it."

If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "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."

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.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say."

I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?"

Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?



Sitting Bull Quotes: "I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were."

I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "This is a good day to die. Follow me!"

This is a good day to die. Follow me!



Sitting Bull Quotes: "What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief."

What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit."

Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "Every seed is awakened, and all animal life."

Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one."

What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian."

God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am."

You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "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."

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 Bull Quotes: "Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them."

Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "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."

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.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people."

A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "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."

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.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly."

In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "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?"

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?



Sitting Bull Quotes: "Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps."

Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires."

He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "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."

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.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland."

First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them."

There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?"

What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?



Sitting Bull Quotes: "This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path."

This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself."

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief."

I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle."

I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace. They are medicine, and I would eventually die a lingering death. I had rather die on the field of battle.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian."

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border."

The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father."

Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.



Sitting Bull Quotes: "I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier."

I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.