The soul of the Indian

The soul of the Indian / Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa).

THE SOUL OF THE INDIAN is Charles Eastman's fascinating study of the religious and spiritual life of the Indian people, as he knew them over 100 years ago. He explores the Dakota belief in God??the Great Mystery?, ceremonies, symbolism, the moral code of the Dakota and much more. Eastman was bo...

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Main Author: Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2001.
Subjects:
Indians of North America > Religion.
Indians of North America > Religion
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Summary:THE SOUL OF THE INDIAN is Charles Eastman's fascinating study of the religious and spiritual life of the Indian people, as he knew them over 100 years ago. He explores the Dakota belief in God??the Great Mystery?, ceremonies, symbolism, the moral code of the Dakota and much more. Eastman was born on the Santee Reservation in Minnesota in 1858. His grandparents raised him after his mother's death and his father's capture during the?Minnesota Sioux Uprising?. At the age of fifteen, he was reunited with his father and embarked on a life in white man's society. He became a doctor and spent the rest of his life helping Indian people cope with the changes to their world and trying to reconcile the opposing values and beliefs of white society and Sioux culture.
Item Description:"As published in 1911."
Originally published: The soul of the Indian: an interpretation. Boston; New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1911.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 187 pages)
ISBN:9781582186412
1582186413
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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