Charles Eastman: The artist formerly known as Ohiye S’a By: Campbell Cornelson and Lacii Paul Biography
● 2/19/1858-1/8/1939 ● Heritage ○ Santee Dakota and Euro-American ● Converted to Catholicism ● Schooling ○ Mission and Preparatory ○ Graduated from Dartmouth ○ Medical School at Boston U Career
● Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) ○ Pine Ridge ○ Crow Creek ● Writer ○ First book published in St. Nicholas Magazine 1893 ● Lobbyist for Dakota from 1894-1897 Organizations
● 32 YMCA branches ● Recruiter for Carlisle Indian Industrial School ● Helped found the Boy Scouts of America and Campfire Girls ● Co-founder of the Society of American Indians ● Committee of One Hundred-a reform panel which examined federal activities in regards to Indian nations. Critical Reception
● He never rejected his Sioux culture ○ Blending history with Sioux legends ○ Sioux culture believed that the significance of events was more important than the chronological or historical facts of events Using Sioux Culture in Stories
● Indian Boyhood (1902) ○ Traditional Sioux narrative forms ■ Legends ■ Stories ■ Songs, etc. Using Sioux Culture in Stories Continued...
● From the Deep Woods to Civilization (1916) ○ Difficulties with the assimilation process ○ Attempted to overturn stereotypes of Native Americans Using Sioux Culture in Stories Continued...
● Boy’s Life, St. Nicholas, and The Craftsman ○ Eastman had many articles published in these magazines including: ■ Traditional tales ■ Legends ■ Native American lore Legacy and Accolades
● Praised for: ● Won first Indian Achievement ○ Promoting respect for nature Award (1933) and the accomplishments of ● Considered to be the most Native Americans educated Indian of the early 20th ○ Documenting Sioux history Century and culture ○ Revealing the pain and confusion associated with assimilation Legacy Continued...
● “Eastman made a name for both himself and for Indian people at a time when they otherwise might have been deleted from the rolls of the nation.” -Douglas C. Stackman Bibliography
● Charles Alexander Eastman. By: Wilson, Raymond, American National Biography (from Oxford University Press), 2010. ● http://www.enotes.com/topics/charles-alexander-eastman ● http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/ail/summary/v020/20.3.bayers.html ● http://college.cengage. com/english/lauter/heath/4e/students/author_pages/late_nineteenth/eastm ansioux_ch.html ● http://books.google.com/books? id=i5JZ3FAKVqcC&printsec=frontcover&hl=en#v=onepage&q&f=false ● http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A29