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Charles Eastman

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.

Charles Eastman

Marriage

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Charles Eastman is saying that their culture did not use formal religious rituals to mark a marriage. Instead, they believed that the bond between a man and a woman was naturally special and sacred on its own.

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