- Statesman | 1831 - December 15, 1890
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
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Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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Every seed is awakened, and all animal life.
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What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief.
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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!
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I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself.
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If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man, he would have made me so in the first place.
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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires.
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What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian.
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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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