Post by Diane Merkel on Apr 9, 2006 11:35:38 GMT -6
Faulds used Charles Eastman, a Wahpetonwan Dakota (Woodland Sioux) Indian physician and author, as an example of a Native American who retained his identity, yet embraced change. Eastman, named Ohiyesa by his father, was raised traditionally as a Woodland Sioux by his grandmother, from 1858-’74, until he was 15. He gained a thorough first-hand knowledge of the life ways, language, culture and oral history of his tribe.
His father, Many Lightning, was thought to have been hanged at Mankato, Minn., but reappeared and insisted Eastman receive the “white man’s” education. Educated at Dartmouth and Boston University medical school, Eastman became a highly literate physician, who was the only doctor available to the victims of the Wounded Knee massacre in 1890.
This interesting article addresses Sioux sacred stories:
www.tahlequahdailypress.com/features/local_story_097095836.html