Light on the Indian World: The Essential Writings of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)

by Eastman, Charles A.; Pease, Janine; Fitzgerald, Michael Oren

• ISBN13: 9780941532303
• ISBN10: 0941532305
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-04-01
• Publisher: Natl Book Network

Summary

By the first Native American author to live simultaneously in both the traditional world of the Sioux and modern white civilization.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
Introduction	xv
Selections from The Soul of the Indian
Foreword	1	(2)
The Great Mystery	3	(6)
The Family Altar	9	(7)
Ceremonial and Symbolic Worship	16	(6)
Barbarism and the Moral Code	22	(8)
The Unwritten Scriptures	30	(4)
On the Border-land of Spirits	34	(9)
Selections from The Indian Today
The Indian as He Was	43	(8)
The How and Why of the Indian Wars	51	(1)
The New Indian Policy	52	(1)
The Indian at Home	53	(2)
The Indian as a Citizen	55	(1)
Native Arts and Industries	55	(6)
The Indian's Gifts to the Nation	61	(6)
Selections from Indian Boyhood
Earliest Recollections	67	(5)
Early Hardships	72	(17)
An Indian Boy's Training	89	(6)
My Plays and Playmates	95	(14)
Hakadah's First Offering	109	(7)
Evening in the Lodge	116	(6)
The Maiden's Feast	122	(3)
Indian Life and Adventure	125	(28)
Selections from From the Deep Woods to Civilization
The Way Opens	153	(5)
My First School Days	158	(8)
On the White Man's Trail	166	(5)
College Life in the West	171	(3)
College Life in the East	174	(5)
A Doctor Among the Indians	179	(5)
The Ghost Dance War	184	(4)
War with the Politicians	188	(3)
Civilization as Preached and Practiced	191	(4)
At the Nation's Capital	195	(2)
Back to the Woods	197	(3)
The Soul of the White Man	200	(4)
Biographical Notes	204	(6)
Photographs from the Life of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)	210