Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee2007

Charles Eastman:
And now you speak of coercion. I don't understand.

Henry Dawes:
If we don't put that land into the hands of individual Indians in five years- less-homesteaders and ranchers will demand it all... for nothing. The Indian must own his own piece of earth, Charles.

Charles Eastman:
Did you know that there is no word in the Sioux language for that, sir?

Henry Dawes:
For what?

Charles Eastman:
To "own the earth." Not in any native language.

Henry Dawes:
Well, then perhaps you should invent one.