--- title: "2 John 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/0f3/john-lame-deer-97750_civilized-society_before-our-white-brothers-came-to-civili_240706.jpg" --- # John Lame Deer **2** quotes in **1** 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 Lame Deer > [“Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can't have criminals without…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lame-deer/before-our-white-brothers-came-to-civilize-us-we-had-no-jails/) [John Lame Deer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lame-deer/) [Civilized society](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/civilized-society/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f3/john-lame-deer-97750_civilized-society_before-our-white-brothers-came-to-civili_240706.jpg) > [“I had never seen so much hair on a man. It covered all of his face and grew way down to his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-lame-deer/i-had-never-seen-so-much-hair-on-a-man-it-covered-all-of-his-face-and/) [John Lame Deer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lame-deer/) [Hair Man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hair-man-769032/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/11f/john-lame-deer-97750_quote_i-had-never-seen-so-much-hair-on-a-man-i_1430743.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-lame-deer/#itemlist", "name": "John Lame Deer Quotes", "numberOfItems": 2, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Before our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we had no criminals. You can't have criminals without a jail. We had no locks or keys, and so we had no thieves. 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