Sister To The Sioux / The Memoirs Of Elaine Goodale Eastman 1885-91

Eastman, Elaine Goodale

ISBN 10: 0803209711 / ISBN 13: 9780803209718

Published by University of Nebraska; Lincoln; 1978/1978, 1978

About this Item

; 175 pp.; DJ; F-/F-;_____ Memoirs of a school teacher on the Sioux reservations in South Dakota from 1885 to 1891._____Includes Ghost Dance and Wounded Knee._____Illustrated with archival photos._____There is a minor ripple to the top edge of the last third of the book._____In a lightly worn jacket. . [kwA_ ]. Seller Inventory # 10744

Bibliographic Details

Title: Sister To The Sioux / The Memoirs Of Elaine ...

Publisher: University of Nebraska; Lincoln; 1978/1978

Publication Date: 1978

Binding: Hardcover

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

"It was held a distinct adventure back in the demure 1880s for a properly brought-up New England girl to open a day school in a primitive Sioux village," Elaine Goodale Eastman recalled in later years. With boundless energy and dedication she had set out to teach the white man's ways to the Sioux. The Indian women called her "little sister" as she entered wholeheartedly into village activities.She watched the emergence of the Ghost Dance religion, visited with Sitting Bull shortly before his death, and was at Pine Ridge during the last month of 1890--"a time of grim suspense." There she met her future husband, Dr. Charles Eastman, the agency physician and a mixed-blood Sioux. A short time later they shared in the heart-wrenching job of caring for the survivors of the Wounded Knee massacre.

Review:

"It is particularly refreshing to see Indian women viewed through the eyes of another woman." "A woman ahead of her time, the 'Little Sister' . . . adds a unique and fascinating chapter to the literature of the West." -"The Pacific Historian" "We must be impressed by this talented woman who gave herself so completely to the people she chose to serve. Her story is fascinating, a real contribution to the history of the period."-"American Indian Quarterly" "We must be impressed by this talented woman who gave herself so completely to the people she chose to serve. Her story is fascinating, a real contribution to the history of the period."--"American Indian Quarterly" "A woman ahead of her time, the ''Little Sister'' . . . adds a unique and fascinating chapter to the literature of the West." --"The Pacific Historian" "It is particularly refreshing to see Indian women viewed through the eyes of another woman."--Valerie Sherer Mathes, "North Dakota History"