“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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Category: power
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“They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.”
— Sitting Bull
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Category: environmental
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“God made me an Indian.”
— Sitting Bull
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“There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.”
— Sitting Bull
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“Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.”
— Sitting Bull
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“They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.”
— Sitting Bull
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Category: time
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“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?”
— Sitting Bull
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“Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children.”
— Sitting Bull
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Category: life
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“There are things they tell us that sound good to hear, but when they have accomplished their purpose they will go home and will not try to fulfill our agreements with them.”
— Sitting Bull
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Category: home
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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!”
— Sitting Bull
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“I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.”
— Sitting Bull
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Category: great
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