Indian Boyhood by Charles A. Eastman - illustrations by E.L. Blumenschein Dover

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“Dover, 1971, 0486220370, Trade Paperback, Fine condition, no marks, no underlining, no ...
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Product Identifiers

Publisher
Dover Publications, Incorporated
ISBN-10
0486220370
ISBN-13
9780486220376
eBay Product ID (ePID)
127369339

Product Key Features

Book Title
Indian Boyhood
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, Native Americans, People & Places / United States / Native American, Biography & Autobiography / Cultural Heritage, Native American
Publication Year
1971
Illustrator
Yes, Blumenschein, E. L.
Features
Reprint
Genre
Juvenile Nonfiction, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
Author
Charles A. Eastman
Book Series
Native American Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Weight
12.8 Oz
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Juvenile Audience
LCCN
68-058282
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
Fifth Grade
Dewey Decimal
973/.0497502 B
Grade To
Seventh Grade
Edition Description
Reprint
Table Of Content
I EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS I: "Hakadah, "The Pitful Last" II: Early Hardships III: My Indian Grandmother IV: An Indian Sugar Campt V: A Midsummer Feast II AN INDIAN BOY'S TRAINING III MY PLAYS AND PLAYMATES I: Games and Sports II: My Playmates III: The Boy Hunter IV HAKADAH'S FIRST OFFERING V FAMILY TRADITIONS I: A Visit to Smoky Day II: The Stone Boy VI EVENING IN THE LODGE I: Evening in the Lodge II: Adventures of My Uncle VII THE END OF THE BEAR DANCE VIII THE MAIDEN'S FEAST IX MORE LEGENDS I: A Legend of Devil's Lake II: Manitoshaw's Hunting X INDIAN LIFE AND ADVENTURE I: Life in the Woods II: A Winter Camp III: Wild Harvests IV: A Meeting on the Plains V: An Adventurous Journey XI THE LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER XII FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CIVILIZATION
Synopsis
Indian life in mid-19th century America. Childhood memories, training for the hunt, woodlore, more, in vivid detail., Charles Eastman, or Hakadah, as his Sioux relatives and fellow tribesmen knew him, as a full-blooded Indian boy learned the reticent manners and stoical ways of patience and bravery expected of every young warrior in the 1870's and 1880's. The hunts, games, and ceremonies of his native tribe were all he knew of life until his father, who had spent time with the white man, came to find him. Indian Boyhood is Eastman's first-hand reminiscence of the life he led until he was fifteen with the nomadic Sioux. Left motherless at birth, he tells how his grandmother saved him from relatives who offered to care for him "until he died." It was that grandmother who sang him the traditional Indian lullabies which are meant to cultivate bravery in all male babies, who taught him not to cry at night (for fear of revealing the whereabouts of the Sioux camp to hostile tribes), and who first explained to him some of the skills he would need to survive as an adult in the wilds. Eastman remembers the uncle who taught him the skills of the hunt and the war-path, and how his day began at first light, when his uncle would startle him from sleep with a terrifying whoop, in response to which the young boy was expected to jump fully alert to his feet, and rush outside, bow in hand, returning the yell that had just awakened him. Yet all Indian life did not consist in training and discipline. In time of abundance and even in famine, Indian children had much time for sport and games of combat -- races, lacrosse, and wrestling were all familiar to Eastman and his childhood friends. Here too are observations about Indian character, social custom, and morality. Eastman describes the traditional arrangements by which the tribe governed itself -- its appointed police force, hunting and warrior scouts, and its tribal council, and how the tribe supported these officers with a kind of taxation. Eastman also includes family and tribal legends of adventure, bravery, and nature that he heard in the lodge of Smoky Day, the tribe historian. But Eastman's own memories of attacks by hostile tribes, flights from the white man's armies, and the dangers of the hunt rival the old legends in capturing a vision of life now long lost., Chronicles first 15 years in life of a native Santee Sioux Indian in mid-19th century: childhood memories, training in the hunt, woodlore, religious practices, medicine men, more. 13 illustrations.
LC Classification Number
E99.D1

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