Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.
Charles Eastman
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.
miracles man
The red man divided mind into two parts, - the spiritual mind and the physical mind.
man mind
The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.
race man religion
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.
marriage ceremony man
In every religion there is an element of the supernatural, varying with the influence of pure reason over its devotees.
religion
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.
men religion
Among us all men were created sons of God and stood erect, as conscious of their divinity.
men
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.
women tests
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity.
poverty simplicity
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