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?

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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...

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

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

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...

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.

It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore...

It is through this mysterious power that we too have our being, and we therefore...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

God made me an Indian.

God made me an Indian.

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...

Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.

Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.

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...

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...

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.

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.

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 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...

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.