Why hunt buffalo? We're giving your people what they need. But with my people, the...
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Gen. Crook: Why hunt buffalo? We're giving your people what they need.
Chief Crazy Horse: But with my people, the buffalo hunt isn't the same as that with white. We don't hang the buffalo's head on a pole in the lodge and boast of our hunting skill. By eating his flesh, our flesh becomes strong. His skin makes our clothing, his bones our arrows, his hair makes the ropes for our horses. Even the covering on our feet comes from him. The buffalo is truly our friend... sent to give us life. Take this hunt from us and we are no longer Lakotas. We're no longer men. We're nameless and dead
Chief Crazy Horse: But with my people, the buffalo hunt isn't the same as that with white. We don't hang the buffalo's head on a pole in the lodge and boast of our hunting skill. By eating his flesh, our flesh becomes strong. His skin makes our clothing, his bones our arrows, his hair makes the ropes for our horses. Even the covering on our feet comes from him. The buffalo is truly our friend... sent to give us life. Take this hunt from us and we are no longer Lakotas. We're no longer men. We're nameless and dead
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Why hunt buffalo We give people everything they need
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But for my people hunting buffalo is not the same as for white people
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We don't hang the heads of heads on the walls of our tents
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and we're not proud of our hunting skills
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When we eat his flesh our flesh becomes strong
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From their skin we make clothes from their bones we make arrows
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and from their hair we make ropes for our horses
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Even the shoes for our feet are taken from it
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The buffalo is our true friend
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He was sent to give us life
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Take away our game and we are not Lakotas
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We're not even men Nameless and dead
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Movie Summary
This biography of the famous Lakota Sioux war chief is told entirely from the Indian viewpoint.
