[His] history has been written many times by newspaper men … - Charles Eastman

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[His] history has been written many times by newspaper men and army officers, but I find no account of him which is entirely correct. I met him personally in 1884, and since his death I have gone thoroughly into the details of his life with his relatives and contemporaries...

Charles Eastman

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Charles Alexander Eastman (born Hakadah and later named Ohíyesa; February 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939) was a Santee Dakota physician educated at Dartmouth and Boston University, a writer, national lecturer, and expert on Sioux and American Indian History.

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Native Name: Charles Alexander Eastman

Alternative Names: Charles A. Eastman • C. A. Eastman • Ohiyesa • Hakadah

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The elements and majestic forces in nature, Lightning, Wind, Water, Fire, and Frost, were regarded with awe as spiritual powers, but always secondary and intermediate in character.

Many of the Indians believed that one may be born more than once, and there were some who claimed to have full knowledge of a former incarnation.

There was no religious ceremony connected with marriage among us, while on the other hand the relation between man and woman was regarded as in itself mysterious and holy.

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