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Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) Eastman

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(1858-1939) Charles Alexander Eastman is unique among Indian writers, whether storytellers or oral historians. He was raised traditionally, as a Woodland Sioux, by his grandmother, from 1858 - 1874, until he was 15. He thus gained a thorough first-hand knowledge of the lifeways, language, culture, and oral history.

His father (thought to have been hanged at Mankato, Minnesota) reappeared and insisted he receive the white man's education. Educated at Dartmouth and Boston University medical school, Eastman became a highly literate physician, who was the only doctor available to the victims of the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890 -- a major historical event, often described as "ending the Indian wars".

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Average rating: 3.94 · 244 ratings · 40 reviews · 23 distinct works

	From the Deep Woods to Civilization 3.59 avg rating — 68 ratings — published 1916 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Soul of the Indian 4.06 avg rating — 79 ratings — published 1911 — 36 editions	My rating:
	Indian Boyhood 4.00 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1902 — 34 editions	My rating:
	Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1918 — 27 editions	My rating:
	Light on the Indian World: The Essential Writings of Charles Eastman by Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) Eastman, Michael Oren Fitzgerald, Janine Pease (Introduction) 4.10 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2002	My rating:
	Old Indian Days 4.57 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1907 — 19 editions	My rating:
	Indian Scout Craft and Lore 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1974	My rating:
	The Soul of an Indian and Other Writings from Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman): And Other Writings from Ohiyesa 4.20 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1993	My rating:
	Wigwam Evenings 3.50 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 1909 — 14 editions	My rating:
	Living in Two Worlds: The American Indian Experience 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2009 — 2 editions	My rating:

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“Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving.”
― Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) Eastman

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“The true Indian sets no price upon either his property or his labor. His generosity is limited only by his strength and ability. He regards it as an honor to be selected for difficult or dangerous service and would think it shameful to ask for any reward, saying rather: "Let the person I serve express his thanks according to his own bringing up and his sense of honor. Each soul must meet the morning sun, the new sweet earth, and the Great Silence alone!. What is Silence? It is the Great Mystery! The Holy Silence is His voice!”
― Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) Eastman, The Soul of the Indian

tags: american-indian , life , life-lessons , native-american , wisdom

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“To the untutored sage, the concentration of population was the prolific mother of all evils, moral no less than physical. He argued that food is good, while surfeit kills; that love is good, but lust destroys; and not less dreaded than the pestilence following upon crowded and unsanitary dwellings was the loss of spiritual power inseparable from too close contact with one's fellow-men.”
― Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) Eastman, The Soul of the Indian

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