Quotes by Native American Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am Sioux? Because I was born where my father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country? Sitting Bull native-americancountryfather Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. Sitting Bull sightnative-americanmen 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 warriornative-americanboys Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights. Sitting Bull whitenative-americanmen I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say. Sitting Bull spiritknowsnative-american If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it. Sitting Bull native-americaninspirationalmen God made me an Indian. Sitting Bull indianmadenative-american I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were. Sitting Bull i-am-sorryim-sorrynative-american What white man can say I never stole his land or a penny of his money? Yet they say that I am a thief. Sitting Bull white-mannative-americanmen A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people. Sitting Bull native-americanwindpeople You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am. Sitting Bull stupidnative-americanthinking 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 white-mannative-americanmen Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. Sitting Bull white-mannative-americanmen What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken? Sitting Bull native-americanmenchildren I want to tell you that if the Great Spirit had chosen anyone to be the chief of this country, it is myself. Sitting Bull sittingnative-americancountry He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires. Sitting Bull wishheartnative-american What white woman, however lonely, was ever captive or insulted by me? Yet they say I am a bad Indian. Sitting Bull lonelywhitenative-american The Native American side was tragic. It's just unbelievable what has happened to them. Skeet Ulrich unbelievablesidesnative-american My young men shall never work, men who work cannot dream; and wisdom comes to us in dreams. You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mothers breast? Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest. You ask me to dig for stone. Shall I dig under her skin for her bones? Then when I die I cannot enter her body to be born again. You ask me to cut grass and make hay and sell it and be rich like white men. But how dare I cut off my mother's hair. Smohalla motherdreamnative-american Confronted with a choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. Spiro T. Agnew choicesnative-americanpeople«1213141516171819202122»
