In his final years, he was interviewed by journalists who came to Pine Ridge to document the life of the famous chief.

His statements in those interviews reflect the same consistent position he had maintained throughout his political life: he had made an agreement with the United States, he had fulfilled his part of that agreement, and the United States had not fulfilled its part.

He did not express regret about the 1868 treaty.

He expressed frustration that its promises had been broken.

There is a difference.