Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.
He sees no need for setting apart one day in seven as a holy day, since to him all days are God's.
In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
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.
No one who is at all acquainted with the Indian in his home can deny that we are a polite people.
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.
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.
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.
There were no temples or shrines among us save those of nature.
The family was not only the social unit, but also the unit of government.
Nearness to nature... keeps the spirit sensitive to impressions not commonly felt and in touch with the unseen powers.
Every act of his life is, in a very real sense, a religious act.
Love between a man and a woman is founded on the mating instinct and is not free from desire and self-seeking. But to have a friend and to be true under any and all trials is the mark of a man!
The Indian was a religious man from his mother's womb.
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.
The hospitality of the wigwam is only limited by the institution of war.
The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.
Our old age was in some respects the happiest period of life.
The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church.
