From the Deep Woods to Civilization: Chapters in the Autobiography of an Indian

By Charles Alexander Eastman · Running time 03:47:19 · Biography & Autobiography

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From the Deep Woods to Civilization is the sequel to Indian Boyhood . Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) gives his account of what it was like to transition from the ways of his Indian life to that of the white man. His father, long thought dead, had converted to Christianity and wished the same for his son as well as receiving education in the white man's school. At the age of 15, Ohiyesa must learn to balance the old familiar life of the American Indian with that of the new in the world of the white man, one of his first acts being the cutting of his long hair and attending school. It also chronicles

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