Charles Eastman's Quotes
Born: 1970-01-01
Profession: Author
Nation: Sioux
Biography of Charles Eastman
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.
Tags: Between, Marriage, WomanMore than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material.
Tags: Men, Religion, SpiritualFriendship is held to be the severest test of character.
Tags: Character, Friendship, TestThe clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the natural head, and the union of several clans by intermarriage and voluntary connection constitutes the tribe.
Tags: Family, Head, UnionBut to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!
Tags: Friend, Trials, TrueHe sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.
Tags: Days, God, HimThe native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.
Tags: American, Poverty, SimplicityThe red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.
Tags: Divided, Mind, SpiritualThe religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.
Tags: Him, Religion, UnderstandThe 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.
Tags: Character, Nature, SpiritualAmong us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.
Tags: Among, God, MenAt the age of about eight years, if he is a boy, she turns him over to his father for more Spartan training.
Tags: Age, Father, HimIn every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
Tags: Influence, Reason, ReligionNo one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.
Tags: Deny, Home, PoliteThe American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.
Tags: American, Religion, WarThe family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.
Tags: Family, Government, SocialIndian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
Tags: Meaning, Religious, SpiritIt 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.
Tags: Said, Woman, WomenOur people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers.
Tags: Feeling, Strong, TimeThat 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.
Tags: Alone, Creative, PowerThe 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.
Tags: American, Hero, Old