If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children's mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean - Sitting Bull

If I agree to dispose of any part of our land to the white people I would feel guilty of taking food away from our children’s mouths, and I do not wish to be that mean.

– Sitting Bull

Speech opposing Sioux Bill of 1889, resulting in loss of nine million acres of Sioux lands.