Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. – Charles Eastman
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
The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand. – 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