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Indian Boyhood is an autobiography/memoir that tells the true story of a Native American Sioux upbringing. Originally published in 1902 and written by Ohiyesa (Charles A. Eastman). It seeks to bring whites and native Americans closer together. Reprinted in 1991 under the same name, It continued to rise in popularity. Up to the age of 15, Charles Eastman lived in the traditional Sioux way which he describes in Indian Boyhood after the upheaval of the US, Dakota (Sioux) war.

Indian Boyhood tells the story of Charles Eastman, then known Ohiyesa, as he grew up Sioux. The book describes his pride in the way he was brought up and gives detail into his day to day life. His mother died soon after he was born, so he was raised by his Grandmother, then his Uncle. Eastman moves on from day to day life with details of intertribal conflicts. He describes what happens within his own tribe and the relationships of other tribes with his own. Throughout the book he describes Native American culture. With a focus on reverence for nature and living with a heightened alertness.