Imagine a childhood where riding horses and hunting for food was part of daily life. But imagine, too, becoming an orphan and losing your land to soldiers. Such was the Dakota Sioux childhood of famed American Indian author, Charles Eastman, or Ohiyesa. Eastman's writings have been edited for young readers by award-winning author, Michael Fitzgerald, and brought to life by illustrator, Heidi Rasch. Ohiyesa's childhood will thrill readers with its sense of excitement and adventure.
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Imagine a childhood where riding horses and hunting for food was part of daily life. But imagine, too, becoming an orphan and losing your land to soldiers. Such was the Dakota Sioux childhood of famed American Indian author, Charles Eastman, or Ohiyesa. Eastman's writings have been edited for young readers by award-winning author, Michael Fitzgerald, and brought to life by illustrator, Heidi Rasch. Ohiyesa's childhood will thrill readers with its sense of excitement and adventure.
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Heidi M. Rasch color illustrations; Adapted by Michael Oren Fitzgerald. As New in New jacket. Book CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2016 Wisdom Tales hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, assumed first printing. Problem: The first few pages were trapped behind the front DJ flap during the printing process causing what I call a "tug" or light loosening of the binging. Not bad, but there. Lasting to about page 5. No major problems. Great color illustrations by Heidi M. Rasch. Adapted by Michael Oren Fitzgerald. Foreword by Charles Trimble. CONTENT: Indian Boyhood recalls Eastman's earliest childhood memories. He was born in a buffalo hide tipi in western Minnesota, and raised in the traditional Dakota Sioux manner until he was fifteen years old. He was then transplanted into the "white man's" world. Educated at Dartmouth College, he went on to become a medical doctor, renowned author, field secretary for the YMCA, and a spokesman for American Indians. Eastman was at Pine Ridge during the "Ghost Dance" rebellion of 1890-91, and he cared for the wounded Indians after the massacre at Wounded Knee. In 1910 he began his long association with the Boy Scouts of America, helping Ernest Thompson Seton establish the organization. A 2007 HBO film, entitled Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, features American Indian actor Adam Beach as Eastman.
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In 1902, Charles Eastman, or Ohiyessa, wrote an account, "Indian Boyhood" of his Dakota Sioux childhood. Eastman (1858 -- 1939) lived a remarkable life in two cultures. Up to the age of 15, he was raised in the Sioux culture he described in "Indian Boyhood". Eastman went on to graduate from Dartmouth College and from the medical school of Boston College. He had a career as a physician, worked as a field secretary for the YMCA, helped found the Boy Scouts, and wrote eleven books beginning with "Indian Boyhood". Eastman's life was featured in the 2007 HBO documentary, "Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee", but he remains all-too-little remembered today.
This new book, "Indian Boyhood: The True Story Of A Sioux Upbringing" is an adaptation of Eastman's 1902 book for children between Kindergarten and third grade. Michael Fittzgerald, the author of two books about Eastman among other works, arranged Eastman's story for young readers while Heidi Rasch, an artist who has been adopted into the Crow Tribe, prepared the illustrations. Charles Trimble, an author, member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, and former Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians, wrote a short, elegant Foreword to the story.
Eastman's story introduces readers of all ages to a lost world of freedom and romance. "What boy would not be an Indian for a while when he thinks of the freest life in the world?", the book begins. "This life was mine".
Eastman describes how he was raised by his grandmother upon the death of his mother and how his father apparently died in 1862 during the Sioux uprising. Eastman describes what he calls his "wild life" which continued until the age of 15. At that time, his father who had been pardoned by President Lincoln, returned and the young boy began his education in the larger society. For a few years of childhood, Eastman hunted, told stories, prepared for war, crossed the Missouri River in buffalo-skinned boats, and lived what he remembered as a life of total freedom. It is a romantic story which children and grown-ups will find immediately appealing. Rasch's illustrations are lovely and include notes at the end of the book which readers may share with the children.
I loved this little children's book and wanted to learn more about Eastman. Children will love and learn from the book. The book is published by Wisdom Tales, which specializes in spiritually-themed books from around the world with an emphasis on Indian cultures. Wisdom Tales' parent company, World Wisdom, has published Fitzgerald's two other books about Eastman for interested readers. Wisdom Tales kindly sent me a copy of "Indian Boyhood" to review.
