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.

God made me an Indian.

I have killed, robbed, and injured too many white men to believe in a good peace.

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.

Healthy feet can feel the very heart of Mother Earth.

I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.

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.