Bøger af Charles A. Eastman

Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains , a classic since it was first published. Has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Indian Child Life , a classic since it was first published. Has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

The Indian Today; The Past and Future of the First American , a classic since it was first published. Has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this work is never forgotten we have made efforts in its preservation by republishing this book in a modern format for present and future generations. This whole book has been reformatted, retyped and designed. These books are not made of scanned copies and hence the text is clear and readable.

Presents the religious life of the typical American Indian as it was before he knew the white man.

Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a physician writer, national lecturer, and reformer. Eastman was of Santee Dakota, English and French ancestry. After working as a physician on reservations in South Dakota, he became increasingly active in politics and issues on Native American rights, he worked to improve the lives of youths, and founded thirty-two Native American chapters of the Young Men's Christian Association. He also helped found the Boy Scouts of America. He is considered the first Native American author to write American history from the Native American point of view. Contents:Indian Boyhood Indian Heroes and Great ChieftainsThe Soul of the IndianFrom the Deep Woods to Civilization

A collection of Sioux Tao told in prose a child of any culture, of any time, can comprehend. It presents the tribe's values and presents them in a language direct and engaging.

Contains biographical vignettes of fifteen great Indian leaders, most of them Sioux and some of them, like Red Cloud and Rain-in-the-Face, friends and acquaintances.

Talks about the 1862 Sioux Uprising in Minnesota that sent the author's family into exile in Canada. This work describes his childhood there, which ended when his father, who had been presumed dead, appeared to take him back to the United States. It also relates the various aspects of the rich traditional life of the Santee Sioux.

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Focuses on Sioux bands of the Upper Midwest in prereservation times, when contact with whites was minimal. This title alludes to historical figures like Little Crow and Tamahay and to an event that Eastman experienced as a small boy, the 1862 Sioux Uprising in Minnesota.

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. This book presents an account of the American Indian experience as seen through the eyes of the author.