SpeechWhere 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.TecumsehBury My Heart at Wounded Knee · 1799★ 3.6
SpeechWhat law have I broken? Is it wrong for me to love my own? Is it wicked for me because my skin is red, because I am Sioux, because I was born where my fathers lived, because I would die for my people and my country?Sitting Bull1881★ 3.6
Personal journalPeople say the native stands on the edge of a chasm. It is not he who stands on the edge of a chasm; his claims are not false. They are just... Every step the Indian takes is based on a profound sense of fairness.Louis Riel1885★ 1.9
Speech · Political speechThe progress of our settlements westward, supported as they are by a dense population, has constantly driven them back, with almost the total sacrifice of the lands which they have been compelled to abandon.James MonroeSecond Inaugural Address of James Monroe · 1821★ 1.2
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