EASTMAN, CHARLES ALEXAN

DER (Ohiyesa) (1858) American physician and author; b. Redwood Falls, Minn. His father was a full blood Sioux Indian and his mother a half-breed of the same tribe. He graduated at Dart mouth in 1887 and three years later from the Boston University School of Medicine. He was a government ee be among his own people at the e Ridge agency 1890-93; Indian secretary of the Y.M.C.A 1894-97, and for the next three years looked after Indian interests at Washington. He had lectured widely on Indian topics and since 1915 has had charge with his wife, Elaine Goodale Eastman, the oete , of a camp for girls founded by at Munsonville, N. H. Among his publications are Red Hunters and the Animal People, 1904; Wigwam Evenings, 1909; The Soul of the Indian, 1911; Indian Scout Talks, 1914; The Indian Today, 1915; From the Deep Woods to Civilization, 1916; Indian Heroes and Great Chieftains, 1918 and in collaboration with his wife, Indian Legends Retold, 1919.