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Charles Eastman

Charles Eastman

Charles Alexander Eastman (born Hakadah and later named Ohíye S’aFebruary 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939) was a Native American physician, writer, national lecturer, and reformer.

Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.
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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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There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.
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More 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.
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The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.
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The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.
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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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