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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
Chief Joseph
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Chief Joseph
Age: 64 †
Born: 1840
Born: March 3
Died: 1904
Died: September 21
Tribal Chief
Wallowa Valley
Joseph Buruzagia
Hin-mut-too-uah-lat-kekht
Thunder Rolling in the Mountains
Heinmot Tooyalaket
Joseph the Younger
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I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk. It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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We gave up some of our country to the white men, thinking that then we could have peace. We were mistaken. The white man would not let us alone.
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I did not want my people killed. I did not want bloodshed.
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We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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When the last deer disappears into the morning mist, When the last elk vanishes from the hills, When the last buffalo falls on the plains, I will hunt mice for I am a hunter and I must have my freedom.
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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets that hereafter he will give every man a spirit-home according to his deserts: if he has been a good man, he will have a good home if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.
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