Indian Boyhood

This is cool, but is strongly edited and presented in picture book format. It looks as though the original work, published in 1902, might be amazing? Or might be very confusing for modern readers. Cannot find a current publication, hope it gets reprinted. Seems like a powerful work for upper elementary could be in there. Love the own voices, and the poetic power of the story.

Enjoyable book of a time and way of life that is gone. It has a great 1st line: What boy would not be an Indian for a while when he thinks of the freest life in the world?
He tells of a childhood living outside. Playing at hunting. Learning how to leave out in nature.

"The Author of this book was a Sioux Indian. You will find here an account of his own boyhood among the Sioux. He tells in an interesting way the training he had as a boy. He tells of his playmate and the games they played together. They went hunting and trapping, having many exciting adventures in the forest. He describes the great bear dance and the feasts of the Indians. You will hear of the story tellers and religious ceremonies. He makes his boyhood seem very real."

This book just didn't grab me like many of the other type of books like this did.

Also trigger warning on dog death/animal sacrifice.

Charles Eastman was born into a Sioux tribe, son of tribal leaders. Orphaned as a baby, raised by an uncle and aunt, tribe fled to Canadian plains as the US plains were settled. Eastman was a teenager when his uncle (who had been captured by the whites) returned to the tribe and told them that their traditional way of life was past. Eastman attended an indian school in the US, went to Dartmouth College (which was founded as a missionary school to the Indians in upper New England)and then obtained an MD from Harvard. He wrote the tale of his unique upbringing late in life.

$82-$85. 289 pages, With illustrations, partially on plates. Red, illustrated original cloth binding. First edition. Illustrated after drawings and paintings of Native American themes by Taos artist Blumenschein. ----- Charles Alexander Eastman