And when native man left off this form of development, his humanization was retarded in growth.

- Standing Bear

If a white man had land, and some one should swindle him, that man would try to get it back, and you would not blame him.

- Standing Bear

Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.

- Standing Bear

There is one God, and He made both Indians and white men. We were all made out of the dust of the earth.

- Standing Bear

God never does anything wrong. He knows what is best for me. No man can understand God, or know why He deals with us as He does.

- Standing Bear

My first years were spent living just as my forefathers had lived - roaming the green, rolling hills of what are now the states of South Dakota and Nebraska.

- Standing Bear

Friends and brothers, The Almighty created us Indians. We are as he made us. The Almighty has given to the whites a book to read, and they have plenty of things to work with. The Indian has no book. He cannot read.

- Standing Bear