"In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees."
-Charles Eastman
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"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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"The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand."
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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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"There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature."
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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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