:50:02
Well, that's so far away.
:50:04
Surely the reservation is a better place.
:50:07
The reservation works
to colonize the indian,
:50:09
not individualize him.
:50:12
If the indian is to be assimilated,
:50:14
he must be gotten into the
swim of american citizenship.
:50:18
He must feel the touch of it day after day
:50:19
until he becomes saturated
with the spirit of it.
:50:23
Immerse the indian in
the waters of civilization
:50:26
and hold him there until
he is thoroughly soaked.
:50:31
In short, sirs, by being
placed in good schools,
:50:34
taught our language and industries
and going out among our people,
:50:37
your children can become useful americans.
:50:40
You see yourselves the evidence
:50:42
that this is now the white man's land,
:50:45
and there's nothing left for you
:50:46
and your children but to
become a part of it all.
:50:48
White man... smart.
:50:51
He speak many promises.
:50:54
More and more.
:50:57
White man keep one.
:50:58
He say he take our land.
:51:00
Now he take our land.
:51:03
And why was that land taken?
:51:05
Because you can neither read nor write.
:51:08
Because you are not educated.
:51:11
These mountains, valleys,
and streams have passed from you.
:51:15
The people who take these mountains,
:51:18
these valleys,
:51:19
these streams... they steal, they lie.
:51:24
If you were all as smart as the white man,
:51:27
you would've known that there
was gold in the black hills
:51:29
and led your people to dig it out.
:51:31
You leave your affairs in
the hands of the white man.
:51:34
This is why you come to grief.
:51:36
The white man will walk right over you
:51:39
unless you get up
and stand in front of him as his equal.
:51:43
The way to do this is to get his education.
:51:48
You see that I do not come with soldiers
:51:50
to take your children from your very arms.
:51:54
I believe there are wise men among you
:51:58
who will themselves allow their
fortunate sons and daughters