Charles Eastman Summary

Charles Eastman (1858-1939) was the first Native American physician to serve on the Pine Ridge Reservation and a prolific author of works about Indian life and culture.Born near Redwood Falls, Minneso... Read more

Critical Essay by Henry Chester Tracy By his ill-considered and scientifically pretentious psycho-mysticism Durkheim has contributed to give the color of justification to the new religion of the alta... Read more

Critical Essay by Anna Lee Stensland As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. I lived the natural life, whereas I now live the artificial. Any pretty... Read more

Critical Essay by Tom Holm As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. I lived the natural life, whereas I now live the artificial. Any pretty pebble wa... Read more

Critical Essay by H. David Brumble III Often well educated in white schools and comfortable in white society, the first generation of Indian leaders to emerge on the national level included persons l... Read more

In the essay that follows, Peterson claims that autobiographies such as Charles Eastman's exemplify an attempt to reconcile cultural and political tensions between Native American and white soc... Read more