"I have been told that you have come to buy my land. I do not wish to sell my land. I have never sold my land. I have no land to sell."

"I wish to be left in peace. I do not wish to be in contact with the white man, nor do I wish to be disturbed by him."

"The white man draws a circle around himself and calls it a fence. We draw a circle around ourselves and call it a nation."

"The white men are coming like a wave. They cover the land. They are like grasshoppers. They eat everything."

"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…"