That is, we believed, the supreme duty of the parent, who only was permitted to claim in some degree the priestly office and function, since it is his creative and protecting power which alone approaches the solemn function of Deity.
-- Charles Eastman
   
Charles Eastman   Name:
Charles Eastman
Type:
Author
Nationality:
Sioux
Birth:
February 19, 1858
Death:
January 8, 1939
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