Charles Eastman Quotes

There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature. - 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. - Charles Eastman

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

The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind. - Charles Eastman

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

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. - Charles Eastman

The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb. - Charles Eastman

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

The 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. - Charles Eastman

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