Indian Child Life

Charles Alexander Eastman (1858 - 1939)

The author was raised as an American Indian and describes what it was like to be an Indian boy (the first 7 chapters) and an Indian Girl (the last 7 chapters). This is very different from the slanted way the white man tried to picture them as 'savages' and 'brutes.'Quote: Dear Children:—You will like to know that the man who wrote these true stories is himself one of the people he describes so pleasantly and so lovingly for you. He hopes that when you have finished this book, the Indians will seem to you very real and very friendly. He is not willing that all your knowledge of the race that formerly possessed this continent should come from the lips of strangers and enemies, or that you should think of them as blood-thirsty and treacherous, as savage and unclean. (Summary by author's preface)

Genre(s): Historical

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 00 - A Letter to the Children Phil Chenevert
00:05:20
Play 01 01 - "The Pitiful Last" Lucretia B.
00:09:39
Play 02 02 - Early Hardships Lucretia B.
00:11:41
Play 03 03 - An Indian Sugar Camp Lucretia B.
00:07:25
Play 04 04 - Games and Sports Lucretia B.
00:11:45
Play 05 05 - An Indian Boy's Training Mike Pelton
00:11:47
Play 06 06 - The Boy Hunter Mike Pelton
00:10:30
Play 07 07 - Evening in the Lodge Mike Pelton
00:16:26
Play 08 08 - Winona's Childhood Mike Pelton
00:07:53
Play 09 09 - Winona's Girlhood Debra
00:08:22
Play 10 10 - A Midsummer Feast Mike Pelton
00:10:11
Play 11 11 - The Faithfulness of Long Ears Debra
00:13:30
Play 12 12 - Snana's Fawn Debra
00:11:09
Play 13 13 - Hakadah's First Offering Debra
00:12:50
Play 14 14 - The Grave of the Dog Debra
00:14:26