Indian Boyhood

by Charles A. Eastman; David Reed Miller; E. L. Blumenschein

• ISBN13: 9780803267190
• ISBN10: 0803267193
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1991-12-01
• Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr

Summary

Indian Boyhood(1902) was the literary debut of Charles A. Eastman (Ohiyesa), a Santee Sioux whose eleven books aimed at bringing whites and Indians closer together. The favorable reception of the autobiographical Indian Boyhood would lead him to write such classic works asOld Indian Days(1907),Wig warn Evenings: Sioux Folk Tales Retold(with Elaine Goodale Eastman, 1909),The Soul of the Indian(1911),From the Deep Woods to Civilization(1916), andIndian Heroes and Great Chieftains(1918), all reprinted as Bison Books. At the beginning ofIndian BoyhoodEastman recalls the 1862 Sioux Uprising in Minnesota that sent his family into exile in Canada. He describes his childhood there, which ended when his father, who had been presumed dead, appeared to take him back to the United States. An Indian boy's training, child-hood games, harvesting and feasts, legends told around a campfireEastman relates all aspects of the rich traditional life of the Santee Sioux, which had already passed away by the time this book was published.

Author Biography

David Reed Miller, a professor in the Department of Indian Studies at Saskatchewan Indian Federated College, has written an introduction for this Bison Book edition.

Table of Contents

Earliest Recollections
Hakadah, "The Pitiful Last"	p. 3
Early Hardships	p. 11
My Indian Grandmother	p. 21
An Indian Sugar Camp	p. 29
A Midsummer Feast	p. 36
An Indian Boy's Training
My Plays And Playmates
Games and Sports	p. 63
My Playmates	p. 75
The Boy Hunter	p. 86
Hakadah's First Offering
Family Traditions
A Visit to Smoky Day	p. 115
The Stone Boy	p. 126
Evening In The Lodge
Evening in the Lodge	p. 141
Adventures of My Uncle	p. 153
The End Of The Bear Dance
The Maidens' Feast
More Legends
A Legend of Devil's Lake	p. 191
Manitoshaw's Hunting	p. 200
Indian Life And Adventure
Life in the Woods	p. 213
A Winter Camp	p. 225
Wild Harvests	p. 233
A Meeting on the Plains	p. 245
An Adventurous Journey	p. 252
The Laughing Philosopher
First Impressions Of Civilization
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