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Charles Alexander Eastman (February 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939, born Hakadah and later named Ohíye S'a, sometimes written Ohiyesa) was an American physician, writer, and social reformer.
Feb 8, 2024 · Charles Eastman. Charles A. Eastman was a Santee Dakota Sioux born of a mixed-race mother (Mary Nancy Eastman or Winona) and a Santee Dakota father (Many Lightnings). He was named Hakadah ("The Pitiful Last") because his mother died during his birth.
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Famed author and lecturer Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) was raised in a traditional Dakota manner until age fifteen, when he entered Euro-American culture at his father's request. He spent the rest of his life moving between Native American and white American worlds, achieving renown but never financial security.
Charles Alexander Eastman, aka Ohiyesa, a Santee Sioux Indian, was the first Native American to be certified in Western medicine, a writer, national lecturer, and reformer.
Charles Alexander Eastman (born Hakadah and later named Ohíye S’a; February 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939) was a Native American physician, writer, national lecturer, and reformer. Eastman was of Santee Dakota and Anglo-American ancestry.
A Santee Sioux, physician, government agent, and spokesperson for Indian rights, Charles Alexander Eastman was also the first well-known, widely read Native American author. A fully acculturated Indian, Eastman worked to create understanding between Native Americans and Euro-Americans and sometimes found himself in the conflicted position of ...
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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.
