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.

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If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have...

If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have...

Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our...

Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our...

Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the...

Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the...

The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results...

The earth has received the embrace of the sun and we shall see the results...

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

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

What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry...

What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry...

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be...

I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be...

I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a...

I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a...

What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his...

What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his...

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.

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.

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say...

What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say...

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.

Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their...

They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their...

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.

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not...

What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not...

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

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

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

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

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

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