- Author | February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939
Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!
Charles Eastman
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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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The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.
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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.
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The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.
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The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.
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That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.
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Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.
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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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In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
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