Living in Two Worlds
The American Indian Experience
1st Edition
Published on 16. December 2009
224 pages
978-1-935493-54-9 (ISBN)
Description
This beautifully illustrated book presents a vivid account of the American Indian experience as seen through the eyes of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), the first and greatest of the Native American authors. The importance of Eastman's life story was reiterated for a new generation when the 2007 HBO film entitled Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee used Eastman, played by Adam Beach, as its leading hero.
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Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
File size
16,88 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-935493-54-9 (9781935493549)
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03/2010
World Wisdom Books
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Persons
Edited by Michael Oren Fitzgerald - By Charles Eastman - Foreword by James Trosper
Content
- cover
- Series Page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Table of Content
- Editor's Preface
- Foreword
- Historical Prologue
- Part i: Life in the Deep Woods
- Introduction
- The Young Babe Loses His Mother
- The Indian Mother
- Grandmother's Teachings
- Early Hardships
- Flight to Canada
- The Indian's Wild Life
- Loss of My Father
- A Midsummer Feast
- Indian Names
- The Grandparents Teach the Young Children
- Storytelling
- A Pure Democracy
- An Indian Boy's Training
- Games and Sports
- The Boy Hunter
- Wilderness Cooking
- Intertribal Warfare
- An Indian Girl's Training
- Insights into the Daily Life of Women
- The Maiden's Feast
- Indian Courtship
- Marriage and Family
- The Fall Hunt
- Wild Harvests
- The Indian's Viewpoint on Works of Art
- Native Arts and Crafts
- Indian Music
- An Adventurous Journey
- The Laughing Philosopher
- First Impressions ofCivilization
- The Way Opens
- Part ii: Cultures in collision
- My First School Days
- On the White Man's Trail
- College Life in the West
- College Life in the East
- The How and the Why of the Indian Wars
- From Nomadic Life to Reservation Life on the Plains
- The Government's Solution: Sacrifice the Buffalo
- The Final Warfare on the Plains
- The Calamity of Early Reservation Life
- A Doctor Among the Indians
- The "Big Issue"
- Introduction to the "Ghost Dance Religion"
- Elaine Goodale
- The Ghost Dance War
- Wounded Knee
- War with the Politicians
- Civilization as Preached and Practiced
- A Tearful Family Reunion
- Public Speaking
- At the Nation's Capital
- The Soul of the White Man
- Part iii: The Soul of the Indian
- Foreword
- The Great Mystery
- The Vision Quest
- Communion with the Natural World
- The One Inevitable Duty
- The Sun Dance
- Indian Medicine
- The Sweat Lodge and Ceremonial of the Pipe
- Love of Possessions is a Weakness
- The Indian Moral Code
- The Attitude toward Death
- Final Thoughts
- Part iV: Eastman in Later Life
- Late in Eastman's Life He Practiced What He Preached
- Part V: Other Indian Voices
- Ishi: the last aboriginal Indian
- Contemporary Indian Voices
- Part Vi: Historical Timeline
- Timeline of American Indian History: 1620-2009
- The "paradox of patriotism" endures
- Indian Reservations form part of a "cultural mosaic"
- Appendix
- Free Supplementary Study Materials
- Eastman's Bibliography
- Biographical Notes of Other Indian Voices
- Index
