Quotes by Charles Eastman

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

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The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.

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The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded...

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The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarchal chief as the...

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The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a...

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That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to...

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Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection...

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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...

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More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency...

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It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and...

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Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names,...

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