"Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows." |
"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." |
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 |
Let us put our minds together and see what life we can make for our children. |
The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it |
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. 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?....What law have I broken? Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red? Because I am a Sioux; because I was born where my father lived; because I would die for my people and my country? |