Quote by Charles Eastman
The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He

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

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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. – Charles Eastman

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

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The first missionaries, good men imbued with the narrowness of their age, branded us as pagans and devil-worshipers, and demanded of us that we abjure our false gods before bowing the knee at their sacred altar. – Charles Eastman

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There are ten church members by inheritance for every one by conviction. – Author Unknown

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