History
of Native American Ethics
Historically Native Americans were known for ethical
behavior. Present day Native Americans proudly point out
this fact to other Indians and non-Indians alike. George
Catlin was an artist who spent many months living among
different Native Americans tribe wrote this about American
Indians:
George
Catlin's Creed on the Indians.
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I love
the people who have always made me welcome to the best they
had.
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I love a
people who are honest without laws, who have no jails and
no poorhouses.
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I love a
people who keep the commandments without ever having read
them or heard them preached from the pulpit.
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I love a
people who never swear, who never take the name of God in
vain.
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I love a
people "who love their neighbors as they love themselves."
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I love a
people who worship God without a Bible, for I believe that
God loves them also.
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I love
the people whose religion is all the same, and who are free
from religious animosities.
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I love
the people who have never raised a hand against me, or
stolen my property, where there was no law to punish for
either.
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I love
the people who have never fought a battle with white men,
except on their own ground.
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I love
and don't fear mankind where God has made and left them,
for there they are children.
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I love a
people who live and keep what is their own without locks
and keys.
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I love
all people who do the best they can. And oh, how I love a
people who don't live for the love of money!