Bøger af Charles Eastman

Old Indian Days is a classic American Indian fiction collection by Charles Eastman. A delightful new volume of descriptive and narrative sketches of Native American life and Native American culture, supplementing the author's now famous "Indian Boyhood," whose beauty and poetic charm have impressed thousands of readers. The new book is certain of a wide and appreciative audience. Contents: The love of Antelope -- The madness of Bald Eagle -- The singing spirit -- The famine -- The chief soldier -- The white man's errand -- The grave of the dog -- Winona, the woman-child -- Winona, the child-woman -- Snana's fawn -- She-who-has-a-soul -- The peace maker -- Blue Sky -- The faithfulness of Long Ears -- The war maiden.

Wigwam Evenings is a classic Native American story collection by Charles Eastman. These scattered Sioux folklore stories from the unwritten school-book of the wilderness have been gathered together for the children of to-day; both as a slight contribution to the treasures of aboriginal folk-lore, and with the special purpose of adapting them to the demands of the American school and fireside. That is to say, we have chosen from a mass of material the shorter and simpler stories and parts of stories, and have not always insisted upon a literal rendering, but taken such occasional liberties with the originals as seemed necessary to fit them to the exigencies of an unlike tongue and to the sympathies of an alien race.

Red Hunters and the Animal People is a classic collection of Native American stories by Charles Eastman. That these Native American stories about animals were written by an Indian accounts largely, perhaps, for a certain quality differentiating them from others of their class. Many current stories of bird and beast show a wider knowledge of animals than do these under consideration. In this collection, however, there is expressed a feeling of camaraderie between the author and the subjects of the tales, a kinship between man and the animal world, which is not expressed elsewhere.

The Great Chieftain is a book written by Charles Eastman, a Native American author and physician. The book is a collection of stories and legends about the life and times of Sitting Bull, one of the most famous and influential Native American leaders of the late 19th century.The book begins with a brief introduction to Sitting Bull's life and background, including his childhood, his rise to power as a warrior and leader, and his role in the battles against the U.S. Army during the Indian Wars.The rest of the book is divided into chapters that focus on specific events and aspects of Sitting Bull's life, such as his visions and spiritual beliefs, his relationships with other Native American leaders, and his interactions with white settlers and government officials.Throughout the book, Eastman draws on his own experiences and knowledge as a Native American to provide a unique perspective on Sitting Bull and his legacy. He also includes quotes and anecdotes from other Native American leaders and elders, as well as historical documents and accounts from the time period.Overall, The Great Chieftain is a fascinating and insightful look at one of the most important figures in Native American history, and a valuable resource for anyone interested in learning more about the culture and traditions of the Plains Indians.THIS 22 PAGE ARTICLE WAS EXTRACTED FROM THE BOOK: Under the Sunset: Harper's Novelettes, by Charles Eastman. To purchase the entire book, please order ISBN 1419165313.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

Indian Child Life is a classic Native American biography by Charles Eastman. No people have a better use of their five senses than the Native American children of the wilderness. We could smell as well as hear and see. We could feel and taste as well as we could see and hear. Nowhere has the memory been more fully developed than in the wild life, and I can still see wherein I owe much to my early training.

IT is not easy to characterize Sitting Bull, of all Sioux chiefs most generally known to the American people. There are few to whom his name is not familiar, and still fewer who have learned to connect it with anything more than the conventional notion of a bloodthirsty savage. The man was an enigma at best. He was not impulsive, nor was he phlegmatic. He was most serious when he seemed to be jocose.

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

My Native American story does not pretend to be a scientific treatise. It is as true as I can make it to my childhood teaching and ancestral ideals, but from the human, not the ethnological standpoint. I have not cared to pile up more dry bones, but to clothe them with flesh and blood. So much as has been written by strangers of our ancient faith and worship treats it chiefly as matter of curiosity. I should like to emphasize its universal quality, its personal appeal!

Wigwam Evenings is a classic collection of Sioux folk tales. The original illustrations are included.

It is the aim of this Native American study, "The Indian Today-The Past and Future of the First American", to set forth the present status and outlook of the North American Indian. In one sense his is a "vanishing race." In another and an equally true sense it is a thoroughly progressive one, increasing in numbers and vitality, and awakening to the demands of a new life. It is time to ask: What is his national asset? What position does he fill in the body politic? What does he contribute, if anything, to the essential resources of the American nation?

Long before I ever heard of Christ, or saw a white man, I had learned from an untutored woman the essence of morality. With the help of dear Nature herself, she taught me things simple but of mighty import. I knew God. I perceived what goodness is. I saw and loved what is really beautiful. Civilization has not taught me anything better!

Old Indian Days is a collection of stories and legends about the lives of Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans, written by Charles Eastman, a Dakota Sioux who was educated in the ways of the white man. The book includes stories about traditional hunting and fishing practices, the importance of the buffalo to the Plains Indians, and the spiritual beliefs of various tribes. The stories also explore the relationships between Native American tribes and the conflicts that arose between them. Eastman's writing is lyrical and evocative, transporting the reader to a time and place that is both familiar and alien. The book provides a fascinating glimpse into a world that has largely disappeared, and serves as a powerful reminder of the richness and complexity of Native American culture.The chief called his counselors together and set before them the dream of the priest, whose prophecy, he said, was already being fulfilled in part by the westward movement of the buffalo. It was agreed that they should lay up all the dried meat they could obtain; but even for this they were too late. The storms were al- ready at hand, and that winter was more severe than any that the old men could recall in their traditions.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

"Indian Boyhood," presents the incredible adventurous childhood and youth which were a part of the free wilderness life of the first American -- a life that is gone forever. By dint of much persuasion, the story has now been carried on from the point of that plunge into the unknown with which the first book ends, a change so abrupt and so overwhelming that the boy of fifteen "felt as if he were dead and travelling to the spirit land." In his second autobiography "From the Deep Woods to Civilization" we will hear of a single-hearted quest throughout eighteen years of adolescence and early maturity, for the attainment of the modern ideal of Christian culture. It is clearly impossible to tell the whole story, but much that cannot be told may be read "between the lines." The broad outlines, the salient features of an uncommon experience are here set forth in the hope that they may strengthen for some readers the conception of our common humanity.