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All people should be treated the same way on earth.

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
Treated
Earth
Way
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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If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.
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I will speak with a straight tongue.
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Lawyer acted without authority from our band. He had no right to sell the Wallowa country.
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Cursed be he that scalps the reputation of the dead.
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You might as well expect rivers to run backwards as any man born free to be contented penned up.
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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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It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.
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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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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.
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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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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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The Indian race is waiting and praying.
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A man who would not love his father's grave is worse than a wild animal.
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I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
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I labored hard to avoid trouble and bloodshed.
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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 am tired of talk that comes to nothing.
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We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear.
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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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