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.

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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.

They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not...

They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not...

When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set...

When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set...

If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people...

If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people...

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of...

Behold, my friends, the spring is come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of...

God made me an Indian.

God made me an Indian.

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 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...

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

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

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

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...

Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our...

Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our...

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...

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

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

Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because...

Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because...

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...

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

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...

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...

Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.

Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.