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# The Soul of the Indian (Native American)

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Review: Biased but beautiful - Biased, but deeply honest. Ohiyesa/Eastman truly pours his heart into this summary of the spiritual life of the plains Indian. As a historical source document, certain biases stand out - but the author is truly self aware enough to give plenty of hints and warnings as to when his personal bias enters the equation - something almost unheard of in primary sources. Example - he often speculates on how things were in the "old days", as he accurately witnessed the corruption of his own culture from outside forces. He can paint a bit of an idealistic picture of those days of yore (which he did not witness)- the Indian living largely without jealousy and petty vengeance, with violence only occurring in ritualized ancestral warfare, and never for reasons of conquest. This is a pretty bold assertion, but one that I estimate must at least partially be true, as even in this modern age we witness ever corrupting "mind viruses" (greed, political corruption, extremist religions, etc.) effecting the parts of the world where "civilization" has been the longest. Eastman also paints a pretty rosy picture of his contemporaries in the US government and their treatment of his people, perhaps in an effort to avoid retribution at a time when our nation was extremely jingoistic and anti-other. Why give a 5 star review then? Simply because this book imparts deeply powerful messages and truths about life, and because you cannot help but feel the positive energy that embodied this man through his writing. I was especially moved by certain passages about brotherly friendship, the value of silence and reflection, and the sacred relationship between mother and child. Scattered across the globe, there are truly sacred elements of truth in the world left behind - and some of them are here in this book.
Review: A Must Read - This book is a must read for anyone interested in Native culture and thought. Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman) writes well, and his voice is both authentic and poetic. Because he came of age in a time and place when and where the old ways were still being taught and lived, he provides insights a more modern man probably couldn't have. This is one of my favorite passages: "As a child I understood how to give, I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. I lived the natural life, whereas I now live the artificial. Any pretty pebble was valuable to me then; every growing tree an object of reverence. Now I worship with the white man before a painted landscape whose value is estimated in dollars! Thus the Indian is reconstructed, as the natural rocks are ground to powder and made into artificial blocks which may be built into the walls of modern society." That passage, and the rest of "The Soul of the Indian" gives some small idea how much was lost in the mad rush to so-called Manifest Destiny. One day, we may come to regret our hubris and our embrace of the idea that Nature is something to be conquered, rather than accommodated.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #173,084 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #103 in Native American Demographic Studies #171 in Indigenous History #275 in Native American History (Books) |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 726 Reviews |

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Biased but beautiful
*by A***R on December 31, 2015*

Biased, but deeply honest. Ohiyesa/Eastman truly pours his heart into this summary of the spiritual life of the plains Indian. As a historical source document, certain biases stand out - but the author is truly self aware enough to give plenty of hints and warnings as to when his personal bias enters the equation - something almost unheard of in primary sources. Example - he often speculates on how things were in the "old days", as he accurately witnessed the corruption of his own culture from outside forces. He can paint a bit of an idealistic picture of those days of yore (which he did not witness)- the Indian living largely without jealousy and petty vengeance, with violence only occurring in ritualized ancestral warfare, and never for reasons of conquest. This is a pretty bold assertion, but one that I estimate must at least partially be true, as even in this modern age we witness ever corrupting "mind viruses" (greed, political corruption, extremist religions, etc.) effecting the parts of the world where "civilization" has been the longest. Eastman also paints a pretty rosy picture of his contemporaries in the US government and their treatment of his people, perhaps in an effort to avoid retribution at a time when our nation was extremely jingoistic and anti-other. Why give a 5 star review then? Simply because this book imparts deeply powerful messages and truths about life, and because you cannot help but feel the positive energy that embodied this man through his writing. I was especially moved by certain passages about brotherly friendship, the value of silence and reflection, and the sacred relationship between mother and child. Scattered across the globe, there are truly sacred elements of truth in the world left behind - and some of them are here in this book.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ A Must Read
*by T***E on January 5, 2021*

This book is a must read for anyone interested in Native culture and thought. Ohiyesa (Charles Alexander Eastman) writes well, and his voice is both authentic and poetic. Because he came of age in a time and place when and where the old ways were still being taught and lived, he provides insights a more modern man probably couldn't have. This is one of my favorite passages: "As a child I understood how to give, I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. I lived the natural life, whereas I now live the artificial. Any pretty pebble was valuable to me then; every growing tree an object of reverence. Now I worship with the white man before a painted landscape whose value is estimated in dollars! Thus the Indian is reconstructed, as the natural rocks are ground to powder and made into artificial blocks which may be built into the walls of modern society." That passage, and the rest of "The Soul of the Indian" gives some small idea how much was lost in the mad rush to so-called Manifest Destiny. One day, we may come to regret our hubris and our embrace of the idea that Nature is something to be conquered, rather than accommodated.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Worth Reading... and thinking about
*by 5***0 on July 5, 2016*

“The Soul of the Indian” by Charles Eastman The short version is that this brief booklet is well worth the read. To flesh the review out a bit... Eastman was a White-trained Sioux of the late 19th century. He wrote at a time when the Indians had been already been marginalized and, along with the Wild West, was becoming a romanticized part of our national self-image. White America was eager to picture the now-tamed Indian as a noble figure – about one notch below the classic Tragic Hero. Indians like Eastman picked up on, and played to, that nuance immediately.... the early beginnings of another Great White Guilt Trip. But that is all just background. Eastman compares descriptions of Indian spirituality and morals “pre-Contact” with “post-Contact”. This is a good approach for students – especially if the writer is scrupulously honest which Eastman falls a bit short with, but not by much. It sets him up to place the blame for all the Indian atrocities on the “bad influence of the Whites”. To some extent it is correct but he goes way, way overboard with it. It also gives him the stage to fire self-righteous criticisms at White religions and the religious hypocrisies of many Whites while inferring no such “looseness” among the “pre-Contact” Indians. But he does show where and why Whites, especially missionaries, failed to grasp the true character of Indian Spirituality.

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