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I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.
Sitting Bull
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Sitting Bull
Age: 59 †
Born: 1831
Born: January 1
Died: 1890
Died: December 15
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Tribal Chief
Tatanka Iyotanka
Sitting Buffalo Bull
Chief Sitting Bull
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Lakota
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I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.
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I am here by the will of the Great Spirit, and by his will I am chief.
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Therefore, I do not wish to consider any proposition to cede any portion of our tribal holdings to the Great Father.
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I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say.
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