Charles Alexander Eastman (1858â1939) was a Santee Dakota writer, physician, lecturer, and reformer. Educated at Boston University, he became one of the leading authors and speakers on Sioux history and American Indian affairs. He is the first Native American author to write history from a Native American viewpoint and also helped found the Boy Scouts of America. First published in 1911, âThe Soul of an Indian - An Interpretationâ represents Eastman's attempt to examine and explain Native American history and spirituality as it was before European settlement. Contents include: âThe Great Mysteryâ, âThe Family Altarâ, âCeremonial and Symbolic Worshipâ, âBarbarism and the Moral Codeâ, âThe Unwritten Scripturesâ, and âOn the Border-Land of Spiritsâ. Read & Co. Books is proudly republishing this classic work now in a new edition complete with Eastman's essay âThe Sioux Mythologyâ.
Charles Alexander Eastman (1858â1939) was a Santee Dakota writer, physician, lecturer, and reformer. Educated at Boston University, he became one of the leading authors and speakers on Sioux history and American Indian affairs. He is the first Native American author to write history from a Native American viewpoint and also helped found the Boy Scouts of America. First published in 1911, âThe Soul of an Indian - An Interpretationâ represents Eastman's attempt to examine and explain Native American history and spirituality as it was before European settlement. Contents include: âThe Great Mysteryâ, âThe Family Altarâ, âCeremonial and Symbolic Worshipâ, âBarbarism and the Moral Codeâ, âThe Unwritten Scripturesâ, and âOn the Border-Land of Spiritsâ. Read & Co. Books is proudly republishing this classic work now in a new edition complete with Eastman's essay âThe Sioux Mythologyâ.