All Charles Eastman Quotes
The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old.
Charles Eastman
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The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.
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He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.
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The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.
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The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character.
Charles Eastman
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No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.
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It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.
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Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
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There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.
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Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.
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