Charles Eastman
Charles Eastman
Charles Alexander Eastmanwas a Santee Dakota physician educated at Boston University, writer, national lecturer, and reformer. In the early 20th century, he was "one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs."...
NationalitySioux
ProfessionScreenwriter
Date of Birth18 September 1929
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He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.
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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.
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In the life of the Indian there was only one inevitable duty, - the duty of prayer - the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal.
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Yet, if an enemy should honor us with a call, his trust will not be misplaced, and he will go away convinced that he has met with a royal host!
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Our 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.
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It is noteworthy that the first effect of contact with the whites was an increase of cruelty and barbarity, an intensifying of the dark shadows in the picture!
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Friendship is held to be the severest test of character.
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It 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.
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The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.
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The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.
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The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.
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No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.
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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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Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.