Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) Light on the Indian World

Name: Essential Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) Light on the Indian World
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ISBN: 9781933316338

ISBN-10: 1933316330

ISBN-13: 9781933316338

Edition: 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Charles Eastman

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This revised and updated edition contains the most important writings of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), the first Native American author to live simultaneously in both the traditional world of the Santee Sioux and the modern civilization of the white man. Dr. Eastman also attended the injured at the Battle of Wounded Knee. Ohiyesa's works represent a complete explanation of the philosophy and moral code of the Plains Indian. Ohiyesa's message speaks to every person who seeks a spiritual way in the midst of a society increasingly dominated by materialism and industrial technology. Sun Dance chief, James Trosper writes, It is a small miracle that these important spiritual teachings have been…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: World Wisdom, Incorporated
Publication date: 1/24/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 6.18" wide x 9.04" long x 0.67" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Selections from The Soul of the Indian


The great mystery


The family altar


Ceremonial and symbolic worship


Barbarism and the moral code


The unwritten scriptures


On the border-land of spirits


Selections from The Indian Today


The Indian as he was


The how and why of the Indian Wars


The new Indian policy


The Indian at home


The Indian as a citizen


Native arts and industries


The Indian's gifts to the nation


Selections from Indian Boyhood


Earliest recollections


Early hardships


An Indian boy's training


My plays and playmates


Hakadah's first offering


Evening in the lodge


The maiden's feast


Indian life and adventure


Selections from From the Deep Woods to Civilization


The way opens


My first school days


On the white man's trail


College life in the west


College life in the east


A doctor among the indians


The ghost dance war


War with the politicians


Civilization as preached and practiced


At the nation's capital


Back to the woods


The soul of the white man


Bibliography of the works of Charles Eastman