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by Charles A. Eastman
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ISBN: 0486220370 Dover Publications Price: $9.95 |
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Chronicles first 15 years in life of a native Santee Sioux Indian in mid-19th century: childhood memories, training in the hunt, woodlore, religious practices, work of the medicine men, games, initiation rites, more. 13 illustrations.
Table of Contents for Indian Boyhood
| I EARLIEST RECOLLECTIONS | |||||||
| I: "Hakadah, "The Pitful Last" | |||||||
| II: Early Hardships | |||||||
| III: My Indian Grandmother | |||||||
| IV: An Indian Sugar Campt | |||||||
| V: A Midsummer Feast | |||||||
| II AN INDIAN BOY'S TRAINING | |||||||
| III MY PLAYS AND PLAYMATES | |||||||
| I: Games and Sports | |||||||
| II: My Playmates | |||||||
| III: The Boy Hunter | |||||||
| IV HAKADAH'S FIRST OFFERING | |||||||
| V FAMILY TRADITIONS | |||||||
| I: A Visit to Smoky Day | |||||||
| II: The Stone Boy | |||||||
| VI EVENING IN THE LODGE | |||||||
| I: Evening in the Lodge | |||||||
| II: Adventures of My Uncle | |||||||
| VII THE END OF THE BEAR DANCE | |||||||
| VIII THE MAIDEN'S FEAST | |||||||
| IX MORE LEGENDS | |||||||
| I: A Legend of Devil's Lake | |||||||
| II: Manitoshaw's Hunting | |||||||
| X INDIAN LIFE AND ADVENTURE | |||||||
| I: Life in the Woods | |||||||
| II: A Winter Camp | |||||||
| III: Wild Harvests | |||||||
| IV: A Meeting on the Plains | |||||||
| V: An Adventurous Journey | |||||||
| XI THE LAUGHING PHILOSOPHER | |||||||
| XII FIRST IMPRESSIONS OF CIVILIZATION |