"I was hostile to the white man... we preferred hunting to a life of idleness on our reservations. At times we did not get enought to eat and we were not allowed to hunt. All we wanted was peace and to be let alone. Soldiers came and destroyed our villages. Then Long Hair (Custer) came... They say we massacred him, but he would have done the same to us. Our first impulse was to escape but we were so hemmed in we had to fight." ~Chief Crazy Horse (Tashunka Witco, 1842-1877)

	General Native American Teachings Sioux, Cherokee, Hopi and Inter-tribal Wisdom	Other Indigenous Cultures and Traditions Genocide of the Native Americans