I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. He put in your heart certain wishes and plans, in my heart he put other and different desires. Each man is good in his sight. It is not necessary for Eagles to be Crows.
– Sitting Bull
Hunkpapa Lakota chief. God Is Red: A Native View of Religion, by Vine Deloria.