Charles Eastman Ohiyesa: 4 books

Imagine a childhood full of adventure. Where riding horses, playing in the woods, and hunting for food was part of everyday life; where a grizzly bear, a raccoon, or a squirrel was your favorite pet. But imagine, too, being an orphan at the age of six, being forced off your land by U.S. soldiers,...

"Has a many-sided appeal …. This stimulating book is one of the few that really deserve the over-worked term, a human document." — Publishers Weekly. In the first of his memoirs, the popular Indian Boyhood, Charles Alexander Eastman recounted his traditional upbringing among the Santee...

Raised among the Sioux until the age of 15, Charles Alexander Eastman (1858–1939) resolved to become a physician in order to be of the greatest service to his people. Upon completing his education at Boston University School of Medicine, he accepted an appointment to a South Dakota Indian reservation,...

The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American This edition features a linked Table of Contents. CONTENTS I. The Indian as He Was II. The How and the Why of Indian Wars III. The Agency System: Its Uses and Abuses IV. The New Indian Policy V. The Indian in School VI. The...