When I was a boy, the Sioux owned the world. The sun rose and set on their land; they sent ten thousand men to battle. Where are the warriors today? Who slew them? Where are our lands? Who owns them?
Quotes about sioux (16 Quotes)
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 father lived? Because I would die for my people and my country?
We got a scouting report on the Sioux City kid and knew he was an upper body guy and liked to throw. We talked to Anthony about taking it to him. Get down, get a takedown and stay out of the throws. That's what he did right off the whistle. To get a takedown plus back points was huge. Doing that took that kid right out of his game.
We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.
Toby had been taking tae kwon do lessons from Kevin Nelson in Sioux City. He eventually earned his black belt, which led to his being recruited for a job in Dallas.
Imagine a nineteenth-century Jane Fonda visiting the Oglala Sioux in the Black Hills before the battle at Little Big Horn. Imagine her examining Crazy Horse's arrows or climbing upon Sitting Bull's horse. Such behavior by a well-known actress no doubt would have infuriated Gen. George Armstrong Custer, but what would the rest of us feel today.
The system was capable of huge swings. Dividing Sioux Falls into several single-member districts made that much more unlikely. You still can have swings, but it would be very difficult to have the kind that happened in the 1970s.
I had many enemies among the Sioux; I would be running considerable risk in meeting them.
I differ materially from Capt. Lewis, in my account of the numbers, manners, and morals of the Sioux.
The greatest of all the Sioux in my time, or in any time for that matter, was that wonderful old fighting man, Sitting Bull, whose life will some day be written by a historian who can really give him his due.
Chief of the Hunkpapa Sioux.
You're going from Dallas to Sioux City (Iowa) or Dallas to Casper (Wyoming) or Dallas to Albuquerque (New Mexico), where capacity is not an issue. There are more airplanes in the system, but they are not going hub to hub, where the real congestion exists.
This was the Moon of Falling Leaves, and across the West on almost every Indian reservation, the Ghost Dance was spreading like a prairie fire under a high wind, ... Agitated Indian Bureau inspectors and Army officers from Dakota to Arizona, from Indian Territory to Nevada, were trying to fathom the meaning of it.... Official word was stop the Ghost Dancing. It was so prevalent on the Sioux reservations that almost all other activities came to a halt.... At Pine Ridge the frightened agent telegraphed Washington 'Indians are dancing in the snow and are wild and crazy.... We need protection and we need it now.'
Those 3,000 jobs in Sioux Falls, based on our population back then in Sioux Falls, would have taken 300,000 jobs in New York City to equal it at Citibank.
John Morrell's major investment illustrates the company's confidence in Sioux Falls and its commitment to our economy. John Morrell is a proven leader in our business community, and we wish them continued success.
Women in the western side of the state don't think about abortion until they need to, and then they're completely shocked that there's no way to receive that care unless they go to Sioux Falls.