The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Invisible Dead
When the last Red Man shall have perished, and the memory of my tribe shall have become a myth among the White Men, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Rights Defense
If we must die, we die defending our rights.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Unknown Future
I realized that something would happen to me today, but I did not know what it would be.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Mother Earth Abuse
They claim this mother of ours, the Earth, for their own use, and fence their neighbors away from her, and deface her with their buildings and their refuse.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Fool’s Reflection
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Freedom in Poverty
Now that we are poor, we are free. No white man controls our footsteps.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Free Man’s Wish
Let me be a free man – free to travel, free to stop, free to work.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
People and History
A people without history is like wind on the buffalo grass.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
Biased Reporting
The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.
Dee Brown – Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee