32 Quotes by Charles Eastman

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.

Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.

The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.

Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

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.

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.

The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.