Charles Eastman Quotes
The true Indian sets no price upon either his property or his labor. His generosity is limited only by his strength and ability. He regards it as an honor to be selected for difficult or dangerous service and would think it shameful to ask for any reward, saying rather: ‘Let the person I serve express his thanks according to his own bringing up and his sense of honor’.
This quotation is very important because it helps readers to understand the problem that the Native Americans have had dealing with land treaties and transactions and the difficulty many Native Americans have had with the concept of paid jobs and working for hire—hence being very successful in a European style capitalistic economy.
Charles Eastman,1858-1939, Santee Dakota Indian physician, writer, lecturer, & reformer, Frequent Lecture Quotation
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This statement is perhaps the greatest and most eloquent description of the United States exceptionalism and its behavior in WWII. Such a statement could only come from a non-American.
Beaumarchais had provided the Americans with credit in the amount of ½ million French Livres. However, Beaumarchais served the French King Louis XVI as a spy and advisor on foreign affairs. The money had been secretly provided by the French government to help the American cause while still being able to officially deny to England that they were in any way involved in the rebellion. The American agent, Silas Dean, who arranged for the loan saw through the ruse. See {624186} and {624184}.
Charles Alexander Eastman was a Santee Dakota physician educated at Boston University, writer, national lecturer, and reformer. In the early 20th century, he was "one of the most prolific authors and speakers on Sioux ethnohistory and American Indian affairs."
