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.

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.

In my early days, I was eager to learn and to do things, and therefore I learned quickly.

First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.

He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other different desires.

Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.

A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people.