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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 know that my race must change.
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Finest fur may cover toughest meat.
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Big name often stands on small legs.
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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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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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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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My father... had sharper eyes than the rest of our people.
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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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Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated.
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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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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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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more.
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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.
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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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An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward.
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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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Look twice at a two-faced man.
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