Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth and the Great Silence alone.

Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.

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.

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

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

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