The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.
Charles Eastman

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

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.
Charles Eastman

Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.
Charles Eastman

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.
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

The 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.
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