Charles Alexander Eastman
The Soul of the Indian
Paperback
(CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform April 9, 2014)
"We also have a religion which was given to our forefathers, and has been handed down to us their children. It teaches us to be thankful, to be united, and to love one another! We never quarrel about religion." Thus spoke the great Seneca orator, Red Jacket, in his superb reply to Missionary Cram more than a century ago, and I have often heard the same thought expressed by my countrymen. I have attempted to paint the religious life of the typical American Indian as it was before he knew the white man. I have long wished to do this, because I cannot find that it has ever been seriously, adequately, and sincerely done. The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand. First, the Indian does not speak of these deep matters so long as he believes in them, and when he has ceased to believe he speaks inaccurately and slightingly.
- ISBN
- 1497579864 / 9781497579866
- Pages
- 44
- Weight
- 4.2 oz.
- Dimensions
- 6.0 x 0.1 in.
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