Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a mixed-blood Sioux. His maternal grandmother; daughter of Chief Cloudman of the Mdewankton Sioux; was married to a well-known western artist; Captain Seth Eastman; and in 1847 their daughter Mary Nancy Eastman became the wife of Chief Many Lightnings; a Wahpeton Sioux. Their fifth child; Charles Alexander Eastman; as a four-year old was given the name Ohiyesa (the Winner). During the Sioux Uprising of 1862 Ohiyesa became separated from his father—his mother had died soon after his birth-and fled from the reservation in Minnesota to Canada under the protection of his grandmother and uncle. There he was schooled in the Indian ways until the age of fifteen; when he was reunited with his father; who took him back to his homestead in present South Dakota. Eastman went on to become one of the best-known Indians of his time; receiving a Bachelor of Science degree from Dartmouth in 1887 and a medical degree from Boston University three years later. From his first appointment as a physician at Pine Ridge Agency; where he witnessed the events that culminated in the Wounded Knee massacre; he sought to bring understanding between Native and non-Native Americans. In addition to two autobiographical works; Indian Boyhood (1902) and From the Deep Woods to Civilization (1916); Charles Eastman wrote nine other books; some in collaboration with his wife; Elaine Goodale Eastman (who has told her story in Sister to the Sioux; also a Bison Book).In The Soul of the Indian; first published in 1911; the author's aim has been "to paint the religious life of the typical American Indian as it was before he knew the white man."
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33 of 34 people found the following review helpful. Masterful New ResearchBy Werner CohnOnce again Professor Wistrich has given us the fruits of his great erudition and deep learning. Again his subject is contemporary anti-Semitism. This time he focuses on the following paradox: the protagonists of the political Left in the West -- who never cease to proclaim their attachment to the Enlightenment and human values -- have joined the Islamists of the Middle East in a war of malice and defamation against Israel and the Jews.In telling his story; Professor Wistrich goes deeply into the history of European movements and ideas of the 19th and 20th centuries. The details often make painful reading. I am happy to have this new volume on my book shelves; where it shares space with a number of Wistrich's earlier books; and also with the books of other scholars (for instance Anthony Julius's "The Trials of the Diaspora"). This body of work is our first line of defense against the premier malice of our time; the doctrine that calls itself "anti-Zionism" but is in fact anti-Judaism writ large.I do have a small proviso: The story as a whole depends on its treatment of detail. And in its function as a work of reference; easy access to the details is essential. Yet the index; which should be a key to this detail; is woefully inadequate. Many of the phenomena that are described in the book (for example the British let-wing movements Respect and the Socialist Workers Party; among many others) cannot be found in the index.18 of 18 people found the following review helpful. A vitally important political / historical documentBy JSJThis 600 page tome thoroughly documents the rarely-mentioned antisemitism that was (and continues to be) a major problem for the political left. The progressive socialist utopian theories promoted by the secular leftist intellectuals of 19th century - hostility towards religion; class-hate; anti-capitalism - fueled hatred of Jewish society and made a political science out of medieval classic antisemitism. It's fascinating that so many of the leaders of this movement - including Marx - were secular Jews; who were hostile to Judaism and Zionism.This book couldn't come at a more critical time. Hostility towards religion (except Islam); class-hate (the one percent vs. the 99%); anti-capitalism (Occupy Wall Street Obamunism); and Israel's political isolation are alive and well in Left-wing circles today. If the Socialist Left consolidates even more power in the coming years; pray that history does not repeat itself!11 of 11 people found the following review helpful. Critical Study.By Lucky7This book provides a critical intellectual history of antisemitism as it journeyed through the political left in 19th-century European thought through the 20th-century's totalitarian tragedies of Fascism; Communism; the New Left; and radicalized Islam. It is meticulously researched and provides a balanced view for someone like myself who always interpreted antisemitism as a "right-wing" or ultra-conservative ideology. The book illuminates the destructive thread of antisemitism in leftist ideological movements and thought. Highly recommended.
