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Charles A. Eastman, of Santee Sioux and Anglo-American heritage, was a passionate advocate for the rights of American Indians. He took an active role in national politics, in addition to his work as a physician, writer, and lecturer. He served on the founding committee of the YMCA, establishing 32 Native American chapters, worked as agency physician for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and represented the American Indian at the Universal Races Congress...
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Raised as a young Sioux in the 1860s and 1870s, Eastman knew some of the Indian leaders he portrays here in vivid, biographical sketches. Included are Red Cloud, Rain-in-the-Face, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Little Crow, Chief Joseph and 9 more. These inspiring pieces are enhanced with 12 portraits.
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Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) wrote "The Soul of the Indian" to examine the spiritual history of Native American's before European settlement in America. Born of Minnesota Sioux parents in South Dakota, Charles Eastman spent his life working with Natives and Europeans to bridge cultural divides. Born into and raised by a traditional Sioux family, Eastman developed a deep connection to the life of American Indians. Yet at the age of 15 Eastman's...
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Charles Alexander Eastman (1858—1939) was a Santee Dakota writer, physician, lecturer, and reformer. Educated at Boston University, he became one of the leading authors and speakers on Sioux history and American Indian affairs. He is the first Native American author to write history from a Native American viewpoint and also helped found the Boy Scouts of America. First published in 1911, "The Soul of an Indian- An Interpretation" represents Eastman's...
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Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) was, raised in both the traditional world of the Santee Sioux and the modern civilization of the whites. The Essential Charles Eastman contains selections from the most, well, known of his published works. Completely revised and updated, this new edition contains new photographs, a new introduction, and a complete bibliography of Eastman's writings.
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Young readers and students of Native American lore will delight in these 27 entertaining, instructive tales. Chosen by a renowned folklorist who was raised among the Sioux, they include creation myths and animal fables as well as adventures of Unktomee, the trickster; Chanotedah, the pixie; and the cannibal giants, Eya and Double-Face.
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First published in 1916, "From the Deep Woods to Civilization" is the fascinating life account by Charles A. Eastman. Born in 1858 on a Santee Dakota reservation near Redwood Falls, Minnesota, Eastman was educated as a physician at Boston University and was a prolific author and national lecturer. Widely regarded as one of the twentieth-century's most important speakers on Sioux culture and history, Eastman was a significant figure in the movement...
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Memories of an Indian Boyhood (1902) is a memoir by Charles Eastman. Recognized for his achievements as a pioneering Native American physician, Eastman was also a prolific writer whose personal stories, powerful meditations, and in-depth studies of indigenous culture continue to be read and appreciated today. In this memoir, his debut literary work, he recalls a youth marked by tragedy and perseverance that earned him the name Ohíye S'a, Dakota for...
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The Soul of the Indian: An Interpretation (1911) is a work of nonfiction by Charles Eastman. Recognized for his achievements as a pioneering Native American physician, Eastman was also a prolific writer whose personal stories, powerful meditations, and in-depth studies of indigenous culture continue to be read and appreciated today. In this ethnographic work, he describes the cultures and traditions of indigenous Americans in order to dispel prejudice,...
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This beautifully, illustrated book presents a vivid account of the American Indian experience, as seen through, the eyes of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), the first and greatest of the Native American authors. The importance of Eastman's life story was, reiterated for a new generation when the 2007 HBO film entitled Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee used Eastman, played by Adam Beach, as its leading hero.
12) Old Indian Days
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Originally published in 1907, Old Indian Days contains Eastman's recollections of life among the Sioux. Studies of daily life, struggle, war, and peace, including the 1862 Sioux Uprising, make up the majority of this collection, as well as retellings of such classic Native American myths and legends as "The Singing Spirit" and "The Love of Antelope."
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A never-before-published book by famed Dakota author Charles Eastman recounts the stories of the Dakota creation cycle as they were told in the 1860s.
In the 1860s and 1870s, a boy who would become known as Charles Eastman was growing up in a Dakota community in Canada. On long winter evenings, he listened to elder Smoky Day telling the twelve legends of the Dakota creation cycle. They include stories of the marriage of the Sun and the Moon, the...
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