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In the beginning, the sun : the Dakota legend of creation / Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) ; edited by Gail Johnsen and Sydney D. Beane.

Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939 (author.). Johnsen, Gail G., 1945- (editor.). Beane, Sydney D., 1942- (editor.).

Summary:

"In the 1860s and 1870s, the boy who would become known as Charles Eastman was growing up in a Dakota community in Canada. On long winter evenings, he listened to elder Smoky Day tell the twelve legends of the Dakota creation cycle. They include stories of the marriage of the Sun and the Moon, the parents of all living things; the animal tribes and their councils; the misdeeds of the trickster Unktomi; the education of the first human, Waceheska; the war that Unktomi fomented between Waceheska and the animals; and much more. These stories told of how humans won the right to use the bodies of animals for their needs, but only if they respect the animals' spirits and do not destroy them wantonly. In the 1880s, as a young man at college, Eastman wrote down the twelve stories. Shortly before his death in 1939, he revised the text for publication, but no book was ever released. For more than 80 years, this manuscript-written by one of the best-known and most prolific Native American writers of the early twentieth century-remained unpublished. In this new publication, descendants of Charles and his brothers John and David Eastman have come together to present this remarkable work, more than eight decades after its completion. Five Eastman descendants contribute essays that offer new and personal perspectives on Charles Eastman's life and family, his work as an Indigenous artist and writer, and the impact of these stories on today's Dakota communities."--Publisher's description.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1681342332
  • ISBN: 9781681342337
  • Physical Description: 206 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm
  • Publisher: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2023]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-196) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
A journey through time and family / Gail Johnsen -- To bend in the river and beyond / Sydney D. Beane -- Introduction / Charles Alexander Eastman (Ohiyesa) -- The sun, the earth, the moon, and the earth's first children -- Unktomi and the killing of Eayah, the Devourer -- Unktomi's travels and the first mourning -- Unktomi's journey to the bottom of the sea and the sacred ritual -- The land animals, the sacred ritual, and the world contest for speed -- The coming of Eshnaicage, the spirit messenger -- The creation and nurture of Waceheska, the first human baby -- Unktomi's trial -- The training and rescue of Little Boy Man -- The war of the animals against Waceheska -- The world peace and Waceheska's marriages -- The great snow and the departure of Eshnaicage and Waceheska -- Remembering relatives / Yvonne Wynde -- Ohiyesa : from the sacred earth of the Oceti Sakowin, a literary tradition / Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan -- This is our truth / Kate Beane.
Citation/References Note:
Indexed in the Native American Artists Resource Collection Online, Billie Jane Baguley Library and Archives, Heard Museum, Phoenix, Arizona, at the artist name level (April 22, 2023) https://5019.sydneyplus.com/Heard_Museum_ArgusNET_Final/Portal.aspx

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Dakota mythology.
Creation > Mythology.
Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939.
Mythologie dakota.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies.
HISTORY / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas.
Eastman, Charles A., 1858-1939
Creation > Mythology
Dakota mythology

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