INDIAN BOYHOOD: The True Story of a Sioux Upbringing

Wisdom Tales, 2016. 1st Edition Assumed 1st. Hardcover. As New/New. Heidi M. Rasch color illustrations; Adapted by Michael Oren Fitzgerald. CONDITION: UNREAD, but not quite perfect, 2016 Wisdom Tales hardcover (pictorial boards) & dust jacket, first edition, assumed first printing. Problem: The first few pages were trapped behind the front DJ flap during the printing process causing what I call a "tug" or light loosening of the binding. Not bad, but there. Lasting to about page 5. No major problems. Great color illustrations by Heidi M. Rasch. Adapted by Michael Oren Fitzgerald. Foreword by Charles Trimble. CONTENT: Indian Boyhood recalls Eastman's earliest childhood memories. He was born in a buffalo hide tipi in western Minnesota, and raised in the traditional Dakota Sioux manner until he was fifteen years old. He was then transplanted into the "white man's" world. Educated at Dartmouth College, he went on to become a medical doctor, renowned author, field secretary for the YMCA, and a spokesman for American Indians. Eastman was at Pine Ridge during the "Ghost Dance" rebellion of 1890-91, and he cared for the wounded Indians after the massacre at Wounded Knee. In 1910 he began his long association with the Boy Scouts of America, helping Ernest Thompson Seton establish the organization. A 2007 HBO film, entitled Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, features American Indian actor Adam Beach as Eastman.