"What treaty that the whites have kept has the red man broken? Not one. What treaty that the white man ever made with us have they kept? Not one."

"The life of an Indian is like the life of a bird. He flies and flies, and then he falls to the ground."

"The white man has a religion. We have a spirituality. There is a difference."

"I would rather die an Indian than live a white man."

"The white man knows how to make everything, but he does not know how to distribute it."