What treaty have the Sioux made with the white man that we have broken? Not one. What treaty have the white man ever made with us that they have kept? Not one. Sitting Bull More Quotes by Sitting Bull More Quotes From Sitting Bull 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-american country father Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. Sitting Bull sight native-american men I do not wish to be shut up in a corral. All agency Indians I have seen are worthless. They are neither red warriors nor white farmers. They are neither wolf nor dog. Sitting Bull warrior agency dog Every seed is awakened, and all animal life. Sitting Bull totems seeds animal 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 warrior native-american boys 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 white native-american men 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. Sitting Bull land mean children I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say. Sitting Bull spirit knows native-american If a man loses anything and goes back and looks carefully for it, he will find it. Sitting Bull native-american inspirational men God made me an Indian. Sitting Bull indian made native-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-sorry im-sorry native-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-man native-american men I surrender this rifle to you through my young son, whom I now desire to teach in this manner that he has become a friend of the Americans. I wish him to learn the habits of the whites and to be educated as their sons are educated. I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle. This boy has given it to you, and he now wants to know how he is going to make a living. Sitting Bull men boys son A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people. Sitting Bull native-american wind people This is a good day to die. Follow me! Sitting Bull follow-me good-day dies You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am. Sitting Bull stupid native-american thinking You come here to tell us lies, but we don't want to hear them. If we told you more, you would have paid no attention. That is all I have to say. Sitting Bull want attention lying God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian. Sitting Bull reservations made justice Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now they threaten to take that from us also. Sitting Bull forever country years This nation is like a spring freshet; it overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path. Sitting Bull nations path spring