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The clan is nothing more than a larger family, with its patriarcha

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

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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

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Marriage
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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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Religion
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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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