Native American AuthorsCharles Eastman (Ohiyesa) , 1858-1939Sioux
Charles Eastman was born in 1858 on the Santee Reservation near Redwood Falls, Minnesota and died in 1939. He earned a M.D. degree at Boston University, 1890, and a month after graduating from medical school treated the injuries of survivors of Wounded Knee. He was a strong advocate for Native American causes and worked to set up YMCA units for Indians across the country. He spent much of his life trying to reconcile the opposing values and beliefs of white society and Sioux culture.
Awards and HonorsIndian Achievement Award, 1933
(Photo courtesy of Facts on File, American Historical Images on File: The Native American Experience ) Online resources by or about Charles Eastman:The Claiming of Christ: Native American Postcolonial DiscoursesAuthor: Irene S. Vernon Type: authorbio Description: This critical essay from the Summer, 1999 issue of MELUS looks at the relationship between Native American writers (including Apess, Goodbird and Eastman) and Christianity. URL: http://www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m2278/2_24/59211508/print.jhtml Dr. Charles A. Eastman Author: Paula Giese Type: authorbio Description: Biography of Dr. Charles A. Eastman with bibliography. URL: http://www.kstrom.net/isk/stories/authors/eastman.html Indian Boyhood by Charles Eastman, Full Text Author: Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library Type: etext Description: Full text of Charles Eastman's Indian Boyhood, available online in twelve chapter files URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgibin/toccer?id=EasIndi&tag;=public&images;=images/modeng&data;=/lv1/Archive/eng-parsed∂=0 Old Indian Days by Charles Eastman, Full-Text Author: Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library Type: etext Description: Full text version of Old Indian Days by Charles Eastman, available in 15 chapter files. URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgibin/toccer?id=EasDays&tag;=public&images;=images/modeng&data;=/lv1/Archive/eng-parsed∂=0 The Soul of the Indian Author: Electronic Text Center, University of Virginia Library Type: etext Description: Full text version of Charles Eastman's The Soul of the Indian, available in 6 chapter files. URL: http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/cgibin/toccer?id=EasSoul&tag;=public&images;=images/modeng&data;=/lv1/Archive/eng-parsed∂=0 Books by Charles Eastman:Eastman, Charles. From the deep woods to civilization : chapters in the autobiography of an IndianLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1977. Genre: Autobiography Audience: Adult ISBN: 0803209363 (hc)0803258739 (pbk.) Eastman, Charles. Indian boyhood Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1991. Genre: Biography Audience: All Ages ISBN: 0803267193 Eastman, Charles. Indian heroes and great chieftains Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 1991. Genre: Biography Audience: All Ages ISBN: 0803267207 Eastman, Charles. Indian scout talks : a guide for boy scouts and camp fire girls Boston : Little, Brown, 1918. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: All Ages Eastman, Charles. The Indian to-day; the past and future of the first American Garden City, N.Y. : Doubleday, Page & company, 1915. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult Eastman, Charles. Lorado Taft's Indian statue "Black Hawk " an account of the unveiling ceremonies... 1912. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: Adult Eastman, Charles. Old Indian days New York : The McClure company, 1907. Genre: Folklore Audience: Adult Eastman, Charles. Red hunters and the animal people New York : Harper & Brothers, 1904. Genre: Short Stories / Folklore Audience: All Ages Eastman, Charles. The soul of an Indian and other writings from Ohiyesa San Rafael, CA : New World Library, 1993. Genre: Nonfiction Audience: All Ages ISBN: 1880032236 Eastman, Charles. Wigwam Evenings : Sioux Folk Tales Retold Boston : Little, Brown and Company, 1916. Genre: Folklore Return to Native American Authors Home |