This carefully edited historical collection has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. This collection presents the incredible life stories of the legendary Native Americans such as: Geronimo, Charles Eastman, Black Hawk, King Philip, Sitting Bull, Crazy Horse. Contents: - Charles Eastman: Indian Boyhood & From the Deep Woods to Civilization - King Philip: War Chief of the Wampanoag People - Geronimo's Story of His Life - Autobiography of the Sauk Leader Black Hawk and the History of the Black Hawk War of 1832 - Indian Heroes...

Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a physician writer, national lecturer, and reformer. Eastman was of Santee Dakota, English and French ancestry. After working as a physician on reservations in South Dakota, he became increasingly active in politics and issues on Native American rights, he worked to improve the lives of youths, and founded thirty-two Native American chapters of the Young Men's Christian Association. He also helped found the Boy Scouts of America. He is considered the first Native American author to write American history from the Native American point of view....

"Indianerhelden und große Häuptlinge" von Charles A. Eastman bietet eine eindrucksvolle Sammlung biografischer Skizzen bedeutender indigener Persönlichkeiten Nordamerikas. Mit präziser Beobachtungsgabe und einem eleganten, dennoch zurückhaltenden Stil schildert Eastman das Leben, die Leistungen und den Charakter berühmter Häuptlinge und Krieger. Eingebettet in den literarischen Kontext der frühen indigenen amerikanischen Literatur, nimmt das Werk eine besondere Stellung ein, indem es Erzähltechniken der mündlichen Überlieferung mit westlichen literarischen Formen vereint und dabei...