"They made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one: they promised to take our land and they took it." -- Luther Standing Bear
"I love this land and the buffalo and will not part with it
I have heard you intend to settle us on a reservation near the mountains. I don't want to settle. I love to roam over the prairies. There I feel free and happy, but when we settle down we grow pale and die. A long time ago this land belonged to our fathers, but when I go up to the river I see camps of soldiers on its banks. These soldiers cut down my timber, they kill my buffalo and when I see that, my heart feels like bursting." -- Satanta, Kiowa Chief
Let us never forget the Massacre at Wounded Knee, December 29, 1890









