Standing Bear, Luther (November 1, 2006), My People the Sioux, pages: 211-12, publisher: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN: 9780803293328, retrieved: 1 March 2018
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[Speaking to a crowd regarding the sale of tribal land to the US Government] My friends, you have all heard what my father-in-law says, but I do not think he is right. He believes what the white people tell him; but this is only another trick of the whites to take our land away from us, and they have played these tricks before. We do not want to trust the white people. They come to use with sweet talk, but they do not mean it. We will not sign any more papers for these white men.

— Hollow Horn Bear

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "[Speaking to a crowd regarding the sale of tribal land to the US Government] My friends, you have all heard what my father-in-law says, but I do not think he is right. He believes what the white people tell him; but this is only another trick of the whites to take our land away from us, and they have played these tricks before. We do not want to trust the white people. They come to use with sweet talk, but they do not mean it. We will not sign any more papers for these white men." in the context of "Standing Bear, Luther (November 1, 2006), My People the Sioux, pages: 211-12, publisher: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN: 9780803293328, retrieved: 1 March 2018" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Hollow Horn Bear

About Hollow Horn Bear

Hollow Horn Bear (Lakota, Matȟó Héȟloǧeča) (March 1850 – March 15, 1913) was a Brulé Lakota leader during the Indian Wars on the Great Plains of the United States.