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Tribal Chief Inspirational Quotes (296)

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The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.
Geronimo
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Earth does not belong to us we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
Chief Seattle
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You whites make all the ammunition.
Red Cloud
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One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
Crazy Horse
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My friend, why should you wish to shorten my life by taking from me my shadow? (To photographer Dr. Valentine T. McGillycuddy.)
Crazy Horse
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Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good.
Chief Joseph
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Our religion seems foolish to you, but so does yours to me. The Baptists and Methodists and Presbyterians and the Catholics all have a different God. Why cannot we have one of our own?
Sitting Bull
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At my death paint my body with red paint and plunge it into fresh water to be restored back to life, otherwise my bones will be turned into stone and my joints into flint in my grave, but my spirit will rise
Crazy Horse
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We were contented to let things remain as the Great Spirit Chief made them. They were not and would change the rivers and mountains if they did not suit them.
Chief Joseph
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The strength of a wall is neither greater nor less than the courage of the men who defend it.
Genghis Khan
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Let us form one body, one heart, and defend to the last warrior our country, our homes, our liberty, and the graves of our fathers.
Tecumseh
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And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.
Black Elk
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Remember, you have no companions but your shadow
Genghis Khan
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When the legends die, the dreams end there is no more greatness.
Tecumseh
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Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit.
Sitting Bull
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We are tired out in making complaints and getting no redress.
Joseph Brant
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Negative thoughts were treated by Cherokee healers with the same medicines as wounds, headaches, or physical illness. It was believed that unchecked negative thoughts can permeate the being and manifest themselves in negative actions.
Wilma Mankiller
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Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.
Chief Seattle
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I am glad you are come. When I was in England I desired that some one would speak the Great Word to me. I will go up and speak to the wise men of our nation, and I hope they will hear.
Tomochichi
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It is in the darkness of their eyes that men lose their way.
Black Elk
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Great Spirit-I want no blood upon my land to stain the grass. I want it all clear and pure, and I wish it so, that all who go through among my people may find it peaceful when they come, and leave peacefully when they go.
Ten Bears
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When my young men began the killing, my heart was hurt.
Chief Joseph
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The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it.
Sitting Bull
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One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me that for me to define myself. and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.
Wilma Mankiller
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