Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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From where the sun now stands I will fight no more forever.

Chief Joseph

Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

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US and Native American relations American West

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Chief Joseph

Author

Dee Brown

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Speech

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English

Time

1877 1870s 19th century

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Citation

Chief Joseph. Surrender message to General Howard. 4 Oct. 1877.

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

Crazy Horse

Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

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Property rights

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Crazy Horse

Author

Dee Brown

Source

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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English

Time

1970 1970s 20th century

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Citation

Witko, Tashunka. Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, written by Dee Brown. Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1970, ch. 12.

Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people? They have vanished before the avarice and oppression of the white man, as snow before the summer sun.

Tecumseh

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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US and Native American relations Native Americans

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Tecumseh

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Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Speech

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English

Time

1799 1790s 18th century

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Original Citation

Tecumseh. 1799. Tribal councils with White Men. Urbana, Ohio, USA.

Current Citation

Tecumseh. Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West, written by Dee Brown. Picador, 2007, ch. 1.

Once I moved about like the wind. Now I surrender to you and that is all.

Geronimo

Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, by Dee Brown

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US and Native American relations Native American life American West

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Geronimo

Author

Dee Brown

Source

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee

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Speech

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English

Time

1886 1880s 19th century

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Geronimo. Surrending to General Crook. 27 Mar. 1886, Canon de los Embudos (Canyon of the Funnels), Mexico.

Current Citation

Geronimo. Quoted in Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, written by Dee Brown. Picador, 2007, ch. 17.