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Charles Alexander Eastman

Charles Alexander Eastman (born Hakadah and later named Ohíye S’a; February 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939) was a Santee Dakota physician educated at Boston University, writer, national lecturer, and reformer. In the early 20th century, he was "one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs."

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Is there not something worthy of perpetuation in our Indian spirit of democracy, where Earth, our mother, was free to all, and no one sought to impoverish or enslave his neighbor?

Diversity, Earth, Enslave, Justice, Mother, Worthy

No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.

Acquainted, Deny, Ethos, Home, People

If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falling upon the ungenerous and mean person.

Child, Children, Fall, Grasping, Native American, Possessions

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old.

American, Hero, Men, Miracle, Myths, Old

As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized.

Children, Forgotten, Give, Giving, Native American, Understood

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none.

Logical, Man, Men, Miracle, Miracles

The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character.

Awe, Character, Fear, Regarded, Spiritual

The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.

Men, Parts, Physical, Red, Spiritual, Two

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.

Chief, Connections, Nothing, Tribes, Unions, Voluntary

But to have a friend, and to be true under any and all trials, is the mark of a man!

Friend, Friendship, Mark, Men, True Friend, Under

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

Lasts, Men, Race, Religion, Thing, Understand

It was our belief that the love of possessions is a weakness to be overcome. . . . Children must early learn the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving. . . . The Indians in their simplicity literally give away all that they have—to relatives, to guests of other tribes or clans, but above all to the poor and the aged, from whom they can hope for no return.

Children, Generosity, Literally, Native American, Tribes, Weakness

The Wise Man believes profoundly in silence - the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind and spirit. The man who preserves his selfhood ever calm and unshaken by the storms of existence - not a leaf, as it were, astire on the tree, not a ripple upon the surface of the shinning pool-his, in the mind of the unlettered sage, is the ideal attitude and conduct of life. Silence is the cornerstone of character.

Attitude, Believe, Poise, Sign, Spirit, Wise

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

Army, Church, Indian, Organized, War

If you ask him: "What is silence?" he will answer, "It is the Great Mystery! The holy silence is His voice!" If you ask: "What are the fruits of silence?" he will say: "They are self-control, true courage or endurance, patience, dignity, and reverence. Silence is the cornerstone of character. "

Character, Cornerstone, Courage, Reverence, Self

Our people, though capable of strong and durable feeling, were not demonstrative in their affection at any time, least of all in the presence of guests or strangers.

Demonstrative, Feelings, People, Strong, Time

It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.

Blood, Civilization, Morals, Secure, Standard, Tests

He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.

Apart, Days, Holy, Holy Days, Needs, One Day

In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.

Devotees, Elements, Influence, Pure, Reason

Nearness to nature. . . keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.

Nature, Sensitive, Spirit, Unseen

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