Because I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me … - Sitting Bull

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Because 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. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart he put other and different desires. Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary, that eagles should be crows.

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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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