--- title: "4 John (Fire) Lame Deer Quotes" description: "John Fire Lame Deer was a Lakota holy man, member of the Heyoka society, grandson of the Miniconjou head man Lame Deer, and father of Archie Fire Lame D..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/john-fire-lame-deer-2-68287_animals_all-creatures-exist-for-a-purpose-even-a_299809.jpg" --- # John (Fire) Lame Deer **4** quotes in **12** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Fire Lame Deer was a Lakota holy man, member of the Heyoka society, grandson of the Miniconjou head man Lame Deer, and father of Archie Fire Lame Deer. ## Quotes by John (Fire) Lame Deer > [“All Creatures exist for a purpose. Even an ant knows what that purpose is--not with its brain, but somehow it knows. Only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fire-lame-deer-2/all-creatures-exist-for-a-purpose-even-an-ant-knows-what-that-purpose/) [John (Fire) Lame Deer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fire-lame-deer-2/) [Animals](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/animals/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/john-fire-lame-deer-2-68287_animals_all-creatures-exist-for-a-purpose-even-a_299809.jpg) > [“We make bear sounds, talk bear language when we are in a fighting mood. "Harrnh"--and you are as good as gone.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fire-lame-deer-2/we-make-bear-sounds-talk-bear-language-when-we-are-in-a-fighting-mood/) [John (Fire) Lame Deer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fire-lame-deer-2/) [Bear](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bear/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c95/john-fire-lame-deer-2-68287_bear_we-make-bear-sounds-talk-bear-language-w_600422.jpg) > [“Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan—the holy air—which renews all by its…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fire-lame-deer-2/listen-to-the-air-you-can-hear-it-feel-it-smell-it-taste-it-woniya/) [John (Fire) Lame Deer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fire-lame-deer-2/) [American indian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe6/john-fire-lame-deer-2-68287_american-indian_listen-to-the-air-you-can-hear-it-feel-i_818515.jpg) > [“Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didin't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we didn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-fire-lame-deer-2/before-our-white-brothers-arrived-to-make-us-civilized-men-we-didin-t/) [John (Fire) Lame Deer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fire-lame-deer-2/) [Civilization](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilization/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f83/john-fire-lame-deer-2-68287_civilization_before-our-white-brothers-arrived-to-mak_1526990.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-fire-lame-deer-2/#itemlist", "name": "John (Fire) Lame Deer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“All Creatures exist for a purpose. Even an ant knows what that purpose is--not with its brain, but somehow it knows. 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