--- title: "2 American indian Quotes By Sitting Bull" description: "2 American indian quotes by Sitting Bull. Plus more from Sitting Bull and more American indian sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/sitting-bull-9727_american-eagle_each-man-is-good-in-the-sight-of-the-gre_1049070.jpg" --- > [Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/each-man-is-good-in-the-sight-of-the-great-spirit-it-is-not-necessary/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cdc/sitting-bull-9727_american-eagle_each-man-is-good-in-the-sight-of-the-gre_1049070.jpg) > [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, and in my heart he put other and different…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/if-the-great-spirit-had-desired-me-to-be-a-white-man-he-would-have-2/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1da/sitting-bull-9727_american-eagle_if-the-great-spirit-had-desired-me-to-be_2739598.jpg) ## Other authors on American indian - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-russell-means-81797.jpg) Russell Means 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/russell-means/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chief-joseph-23189.jpg) Chief Joseph 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/chief-joseph/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-black-elk-18307.jpg) Black Elk 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/black-elk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tecumseh-89199.jpg) Tecumseh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/tecumseh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-luther-standing-bear-62072.jpg) Luther Standing Bear 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/luther-standing-bear/) ## More by Sitting Bull > [First kill me before you take possession of my Fatherland.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/first-kill-me-before-you-take-possession-of-my-fatherland/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [As individual fingers we can easily be broken, but all together we make a mighty fist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/as-individual-fingers-we-can-easily-be-broken-but-all-together-we/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [I will remain what I am until I die, a hunter, and when there are no buffalo or other game I will send my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/i-will-remain-what-i-am-until-i-die-a-hunter-and-when-there-are-no/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [You come here to tell us lies, but we don't want to hear them. If we told you more, you would have paid no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/you-come-here-to-tell-us-lies-but-we-don-t-want-to-hear-them-if-we/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [Only seven years ago we made a treaty by which we were assured that the buffalo country should be left to us forever. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/only-seven-years-ago-we-made-a-treaty-by-which-we-were-assured-that/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [I am nothing, neither a chief nor a soldier.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/i-am-nothing-neither-a-chief-nor-a-soldier/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [God made me an Indian, but not a reservation Indian.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/god-made-me-an-indian-but-not-a-reservation-indian/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [For us, warriors are not what you think of as warriors. The warrior is not someone who fights, because no one has the right…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/for-us-warriors-are-not-what-you-think-of-as-warriors-the-warrior-is/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [I know Great Spirit is looking down upon me from above, and will hear what I say...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/i-know-great-spirit-is-looking-down-upon-me-from-above-and-will-hear/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [The meat of the buffalo tastes the same on both sides of the border.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/the-meat-of-the-buffalo-tastes-the-same-on-both-sides-of-the-border/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/he-put-in-your-heart-certain-wishes-and-plans-in-my-heart-he-put/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/what-white-man-has-ever-seen-me-drunk-who-has-ever-come-to-me-hungry/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/when-i-was-a-boy-the-sioux-owned-the-world-the-sun-rose-and-set-on/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [Each man is good in His sight. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/each-man-is-good-in-his-sight-it-is-not-necessary-for-eagles-to-be/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) > [I was very sorry when I found out that your intentions were good and not what I supposed they were.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sitting-bull/i-was-very-sorry-when-i-found-out-that-your-intentions-were-good-and/) [Sitting Bull](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sitting-bull/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/sitting-bull/#itemlist", "name": "2 American indian Quotes By Sitting Bull", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. 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