Indian Boyhood

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• Publisher: The Floating Press
• Year: 2009
• eBook ISBN: 9781775414681
• Edition: 0

Charles Eastman, whose Sioux name was Ohiyesa (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), was a Native American author, doctor and reformer who also helped to establish the Boy Scouts of America. His autobiographical Indian Boyhood, popular in Boy Scout programs, is a 1902 recollection of life growing up among the Sioux.

Table of contents

• INDIAN BOYHOOD
• Contents
• I - Earliest Recollections
• II - An Indian Boy's Training
• III - My Plays and Playmates
• IV - Hakadah's First Offering
• V - Family Traditions
• VI - Evening in the Lodge
• VII - The End of the Bear Dance
• VIII - The Maidens' Feast
• IX - More Legends
• X - Indian Life and Adventure
• XI - The Laughing Philosopher
• XII - First Impressions of Civilization
• Endnotes