We believe profoundly in silence-the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit.

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.

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.

The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand.

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

If a child is inclined to be grasping, or to cling to any of his or her little possessions, legends are related about the contempt and disgrace falling upon the ungenerous and mean person.