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Russel Means.

LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS

"If pro is the opposite of con… is the congress the opposite of progress?", Russel Means, Activist, Oglala Sioux.

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Timeline.    

Black Elk.

Black Elk, Holy Man
Oglala Sioux
1863-1950
"Sometimes dreams are wiser than waking."

Luther Standing Bear.

Luther Standing Bear
Oglala Sioux
1905 - 1935
"The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man’s heart away from nature becomes hard."

Crazy Horse.

Crazy Horse, Warrior
Oglala Sioux
1845 - 1877

 

 

"One does not sell the land upon which people walk."

Sitting Bull.

Sitting Bull, Chief
Hunkpapa Sioux
(1831-1890)
"We want no white person or persons here. The Black Hills belong to me. If the whites try to take them, I will fight."

Red Cloud.

Red Cloud,
Ogagla Sioux
1819 - 1909

"They (Whites) made us many promises, more than I can remember, but they never kept but one; they promised to take our land, and they did."

" I have but a small spot of land left. The Great Spirit told me to keep it."