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The first white men of your people who came to our country were named Lewis and Clark.
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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Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow.
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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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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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I know that my race must change.
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I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in one place, while he sees white men going where they please. They cannot tell me.
Chief Joseph
I will speak with a straight tongue.
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I pressed my father's hand and told him I would protect his grave with my life. My father smiled and passed away to the spirit land.
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Let me be a free man - free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
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I saw that the war could not be prevented. The time had passed.
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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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Hear me, my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever.
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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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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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It does not require many words to speak the truth.
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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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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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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I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they must do.
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