Indian boyhood / Charles A. Eastman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indian children.

Dakota Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (301 p.)

Place of Publication:

Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) was born in 1858 of Dakota (Minnesota Sioux) parents on the Santee Reservation near Redwood Falls, Minnesota. His mother dead and his father captured during the "Minnesota Sioux Uprising", his grandparents raised Eastman. He was reunited with his father and began school at the age of fifteen. Graduating from Dartmouth in 1887, he continued on and was awarded his MD from Boston University.

Contents:

Indian Boyhood; Contents; CHAPTER I - EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS; I: Hakadah, "The Pitiful Last"; II: Early Hardships; III: My Indian Grandmother; IV: An Indian Sugar Camp; V: A Midsummer Feast; CHAPTER II - AN INDIAN BOY'S TRAINING; CHAPTER III - MY PLAYS AND PLAYMATES; I: Games and Sports; II: My Playmates; III: The Boy Hunter; CHAPTER IV - HAKADAH'S FIRST OFFERING; CHAPTER V - FAMILY TRADITIONS; I: A Visit to Smoky Day; II: The Stone Boy; CHAPTER VI - EVENING IN THE LODGE; I: Evening in the Lodge; II: Adventures of My Uncle; CHAPTER VII - THE END OF THE BEAR DANCE; I: A Legend of Devil's Lake

II: Manitoshaw's HuntingCHAPTER X - INDIAN LIFE AND ADVENTURE; I: Life in the Woods; II: A Winter Camp; III: Wild Harvests; IV: A Meeting on the Plains; V: An Adventurous Journey; Full Page Illustrations; The Great Mystery; Ohiyesa and Chatanna; Evening in the Lodge; The Courtship of Manitoshaw

Notes:

Originally published: Indian boyhood. New York: McClure, Philips & Co., 1902.

ISBN:

1-58218-685-5

OCLC:

632465829