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The Indian race is waiting and praying.

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
Racism
Indian
Praying
Waiting
Race

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Big name often stands on small legs.
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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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I would have given my own life if I could have undone the killing of white men by my people.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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We damaged all the big guns we could, and carried away the powder and the lead.
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Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all be alike-brothers of one father and one another, with one sky above us and one country around us, and one government for all.
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The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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All people should be treated the same way on earth.
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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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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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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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We had a great many horses, of which we gave Lewis and Clark what they needed, and they gave us guns and tobacco in return.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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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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We gathered all the stock we could find, and made an attempt to move. We left many of our horses and cattle in Wallowa. We lost several hundred in crossing the river.
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I know that my race must change.
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My people were divided about surrendering.
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