You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more…My friends, if you took me away from this land it would be very hard for me. I wish to die… — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
There is one God, and He made both Indians and white men. We were all made out of the dust of the earth. — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
If a white man had land, and some one should swindle him, that man would try to get it back, and you would not… — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
God never does anything wrong. He knows what is best for me. No man can understand God, or know why He deals with us… — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
“That hand is not the color of yours, but if I pierce it, I shall feel pain. If you pierce your hand, you also… — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
“You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more. [...] My friends, if… — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more…My friends, if you took… — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
My first years were spent living just as my forefathers had lived - roaming the green, rolling hills of what are now the states… — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
Friends and brothers, The Almighty created us Indians. We are as he made us. The Almighty has given to the whites a book to… — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
And when native man left off this form of development, his humanization was retarded in growth. — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
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