Light on the Indian World: The Essential

By the first Native American author to live simultaneously in both the traditional world of the Sioux and modern white civilization.

Preface

ix

Introduction

xv

Selections from The Soul of the Indian

Foreword

1

(2)

The Great Mystery

3

(6)

The Family Altar

9

(7)

Ceremonial and Symbolic Worship

16

(6)

Barbarism and the Moral Code

22

(8)

The Unwritten Scriptures

30

(4)

On the Border-land of Spirits

34

(9)

Selections from The Indian Today

The Indian as He Was

43

(8)

The How and Why of the Indian Wars

51

(1)

The New Indian Policy

52

(1)

The Indian at Home

53

(2)

The Indian as a Citizen

55

(1)

Native Arts and Industries

55

(6)

The Indian's Gifts to the Nation

61

(6)

Selections from Indian Boyhood

Earliest Recollections

67

(5)

Early Hardships

72

(17)

An Indian Boy's Training

89

(6)

My Plays and Playmates

95

(14)

Hakadah's First Offering

109

(7)

Evening in the Lodge

116

(6)

The Maiden's Feast

122

(3)

Indian Life and Adventure

125

(28)

Selections from From the Deep Woods to Civilization

The Way Opens

153

(5)

My First School Days

158

(8)

On the White Man's Trail

166

(5)

College Life in the West

171

(3)

College Life in the East

174

(5)

A Doctor Among the Indians

179

(5)

The Ghost Dance War

184

(4)

War with the Politicians

188

(3)

Civilization as Preached and Practiced

191

(4)

At the Nation's Capital

195

(2)

Back to the Woods

197

(3)

The Soul of the White Man

200

(4)

Biographical Notes

204

(6)

Photographs from the Life of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)

210

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Light on the Indian World: The Essential Writings of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)

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