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Light on the Ancient Worlds: A Brief Survey of the Book by Frithjof Schuon
Who was Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)?
The Sacred Worlds Series
Interview with Frithjof Schuon - on Art
The Sermon of All Creation: Christians on Nature
The Writings of Frithjof Schuon
A Definition of the Perennial Philosophy
Spiritual Poetry
The Fullness of God: Frithjof Schuon on Christianity
Books about Buddhism
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Who was Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)?
Class photo of Eastman at Dartmouth College
A unique writer, activist, and person
In early life, Ohiyesa lived in the old ways
Ohiyesa's father, Many Lightnings
New life among the whites
Charles Eastman, physician
Family life and new work
A prolific and unique author
Promoter of causes and teacher
Later life
The final years of a great American
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Ohiyesa was taken to a homestead in Flandreau, Dakota Territory, where his father and other "progressive" Indians had moved. The young man was sent to a mission day school, where his first impulse was to run away and return to the natural ways of his people. However, his father prevailed, and Ohiyesa cut his long hair and began to adopt the clothing and ways of white civilization.
Despite his unhappiness, Ohiyesa applied himself to his studies in school. Two years later he walked 150 miles to attend a better school at Santee, Nebraska, where he excelled. He was soon accepted to the preparatory department of Beloit College in Wisconsin. He was now known primarily as Charles Eastman.
Charles Eastman spent two years at Beloit before moving on to two other colleges and then eventually to Dartmouth College. He graduated from Dartmouth in 1887.
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