CHARLES EASTMAN Premium Collection: Indian Boyhood, Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains, The Soul of the Indian & From the Deep Woods to Civilization
Charles A. Eastman
Sachbuch / Biographien, Autobiographien
Beschreibung
Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a physician writer, national lecturer, and reformer. Eastman was of Santee Dakota, English and French ancestry. After working as a physician on reservations in South Dakota, he became increasingly active in politics and issues on Native American rights, he worked to improve the lives of youths, and founded thirty-two Native American chapters of the Young Men's Christian Association. He also helped found the Boy Scouts of America. He is considered the first Native American author to write American history from the Native American point of view. Contents: Indian Boyhood Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains The Soul of the Indian From the Deep Woods to Civilization
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Christian missionary influence, Pioneering Native writer, Native American history, Boy Scouts founder, Youth empowerment, Political advocacy, Cultural heritage preservation, Historical autobiography, American Indian activism, Santee Dakota culture