The stories in Old Indian Days focus mainly on Sioux bands of the Upper Midwest in prereservation times, when contact with whites was minimal. Charles A. Eastman, a mixed-blood Sioux who earned renown as the author of nearly a dozen books, was on home ground in writing...
Charles Eastman, whose Sioux name was Ohiyesa (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), was a Native American author and doctor who helped to establish the Boy Scouts of America. This is a classic that has been enjoyed by many for generations.Any profits generated from the sale of this book...
Excerpt from Old Indian Days It was Antelope. He was fasting and seek ing a Sign from the Great Mystery, for such was the first step of the young and ambitious Sioux who wished to be a noted warrior among his people. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes...
"Old Indian Days" from Charles Eastman. Native American physician, writer, national lecturer, and reformer (1858-1939).
Old Indian Days is a collection of stories and legends about the lives of Native Americans before the arrival of Europeans, written by Charles Eastman, a Dakota Sioux who was educated in the ways of the white man. The book includes stories about traditional hunting and fishing...
Reproduction of the original: Old Indian Days by Charles A. Eastman
Reproduction of the original: Old Indian Days by Charles A. Eastman
Charles Eastman, whose Sioux name was Ohiyesa (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), was a Native American author, doctor and reformer who also helped to establish the Boy Scouts of America. Old Indian Days is a collection of traditional stories from Eastman's Native American heritage...
He is a princely youth, among the wild Sioux, who hunts for his tribe and not for himself His voice is soft and low at the campfire of his nation, but terror-giving in the field of battle. Such was Antelope's reputation. ...
Upon a hanging precipice atop of the Eagle Scout Butte there appeared a motionless and solitary figure-almost eagle-like he perched The people in the camp below saw him, but none looked at him long. They turned their heads quickly away with a nervous tingling, for the height...
" Old Indian Days " from Charles A. Eastman . Native American physician, writer, national lecturer, and reformer (1858-1939). A wonderful collection of stories that focuses on Sioux Indians of the Upper Midwest during pre-reservation times.
Upon a hanging precipice atop of the Eagle Scout Butte there appeared a motionless and solitary figure-almost eagle-like he perched The people in the camp below saw him, but none looked at him long. They turned their heads quickly away with a nervous tingling, for the height...