Sitting Bull’s Last Words

Shortly before his murder in 1890, Sitting Bull said to his biographer:

“When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world.  The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle.  Where are the warriors today?  Who slew them?  Where are our lands?  Who owns them? …. Is it wrong for me to love my own?  Is it wicked for me because my skin is red?  Because I am Sioux.  Because I was born where my fathers lived?  Because I would die for my people and my country?  I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle.”

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