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35 Notable Quotes By Sitting Bull For The Bravehearts
Sitting Bull was a renowned Hunkpapa Lakota holy man who was also known as Jumping Badger. He was a Teton Dakota Indian chief who led Sioux tribes during their scuffle for endurance on the North American Great Plains. As a tribal chief he actively thwarted the United States government policies. He showed the signs of being fearless and courageous from his teenage when he first joined a war party. Bull was highly cynical of the white men and led fierce battles combating the government policies of the United States. Till his last breath he fought for the rights of the natives. He was assassinated by Indian agency police while they attempted to arrest him fearing that he might join the ‘Ghost Dance Movement’. Following is a treasury of some famous thoughts, opinions and views by Sitting Bull which are till date quoted substantially. Let us browse through the quotes and sayings by Sitting Bull.
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.
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.
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?
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
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.
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
Strangely enough, they have a mind to till the soil, and the love of possessions is a disease in them.
The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
Sitting Bull
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?
Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
Sitting Bull
It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.
Sitting Bull
If we must die, we die defending our rights.
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?
