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Available
Call number
Call number
970.3 Eas
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Collection
Publication
Corner House Publishers (1975), Edition: 2nd, 289 pages
Description
Biography & Autobiography. History. Nonfiction. HTML: Charles Eastman, whose Sioux name was Ohiyesa (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), was a Native American author, doctor and reformer who also helped to establish the Boy Scouts of America. His autobiographical Indian Boyhood, popular in Boy Scout programs, is a 1902 recollection of life growing up among the Sioux..
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Original publication date
1902
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LibraryThing member pfohl
Charles Eastman was born into a Sioux tribe, son of tribal leaders. Orphaned as a baby, raised by an uncle and aunt, tribe fled to Canadian plains as the US plains were settled. Eastman was a teenager when his uncle (who had been captured by the whites) returned to the tribe and told them that
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their traditional way of life was past. Eastman attended an indian school in the US, went to Dartmouth College (which was founded as a missionary school to the Indians in upper New England)and then obtained an MD from Harvard. He wrote the tale of his unique upbringing late in life. Show Less
LibraryThing member nx74defiant
Enjoyable book of a time and way of life that is gone. It has a great 1st line: What boy would not be an Indian for a while when he thinks of the freest life in the world?
He tells of a childhood living outside. Playing at hunting. Learning how to leave out in nature.
He tells of a childhood living outside. Playing at hunting. Learning how to leave out in nature.
LibraryThing member melsmarsh
This book just didn't grab me like many of the other type of books like this did.
Also trigger warning on dog death/animal sacrifice.
Also trigger warning on dog death/animal sacrifice.
LibraryThing member jennybeast
This is cool, but is strongly edited and presented in picture book format. It looks as though the original work, published in 1902, might be amazing? Or might be very confusing for modern readers. Cannot find a current publication, hope it gets reprinted. Seems like a powerful work for upper
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elementary could be in there. Love the own voices, and the poetic power of the story. Show Less
Pages
289