Chief Red Hawk - Ogalala Sioux Nation
“Before
our white brothers came to civilize us we had no jails. Therefore we
had no criminals. You can’t have criminals without a jail. We had no
locks or keys, and so we had no thieves.
If a man was so poor that he had no horse, tipi or blanket, someone
gave him these things. We were too uncivilized to set much value on
personal belongings. We wanted to have things only in order to give them
away. We had no money, and therefore a man’s worth couldn’t be measured
by it. We had no written law, no attorneys or politicians, therefore we
couldn’t cheat. We really were in a bad way before the white men came,
and I don’t know how we managed to get along without white man laws,
which we are told, are absolutely necessary to make a civilized
society.” ~ Chief Red Hawk - Ogalala Sioux Nation