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

In the life of the Indian there is only one inevitable duty-the duty of prayer-the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal. Our daily devotions were more necessary to us than daily food.

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

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

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.

Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving.

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