They claim this mother of ours, the earth, for their own and fence their neighbors away; they deface her with their buildings and their refuse. That … - Sitting Bull

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They claim this mother of ours, the earth, for their own and fence their neighbors away; they deface her with their buildings and their refuse. That nation is like a spring freshet that overruns its banks and destroys all who are in its path. We cannot dwell side by side.

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About Sitting Bull

Sitting Bull (c. 1831 – 15 December 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota Sioux holy man and war chief, notable for his role in the defeat of George Armstrong Custer and the U.S. 7th Cavalry Regiment at the Battle of Little Bighorn.

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Birth Name: Jumping Badger
Native Name: Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake
Alternative Names: Tatanka Iyotanka • Chief Sitting Bull • Sitting Buffalo Bull • Ȟoká Psíče • Húŋkešni
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I never committed any depredations in the white man's country. I never made the white man's heart bleed. The white man came on to my land and followed me. The white men made me fight for my hunting grounds. The white man made me kill him or he would kill my friends, my women, and my children.
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