"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 attention. That is all I have to say."

"I was born on the prairie where the wind blew free and there was nothing to break the light of the sun. I was born where there were no enclosures and everything drew a free breath. I want to die there…"

"My people, we have no blankets, no food. The white man has taken everything. He has left us nothing."

"I am a free man. I was born free. I will die free."

"I have seen the white man's civilization. It is a sickness. It is a disease."