Quote by Charles Eastman
There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us,

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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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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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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