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

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

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

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

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...

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

If we must die, we die defending our rights.

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 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...

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

God made me an Indian.

God made me an Indian.

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

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

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...

There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have...

There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...