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My favorite quote from this film is the native chief explaining the limitations on his powers to the father of the long-lost boy: "Any chief who doesn't tell his followers what they want to hear doesn't stay chief very long."

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In response, three tribes led by the Lakota chief Red Cloud attacked and defeated the US army, many times over.

1877: The great Lakota warrior and chief named Crazy Horse surrendered at Fort Robinson.

He asked Octavio to be his chief of staff.

And I look back to those early days when I had the lofty title, I still have, of chief exec, but in the early days, I was chief exec of myself.

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