biography
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Eastman, Charles
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originally Ohiyesa
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| male
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| lived:
| (1858–1939)
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| biography:
| Santee Sioux physician and writer, born at Redwood Falls, Minnesota, USA. He studied at Dartmouth (1887 BA) and gained an MD from Boston University (1890). He established 32 Indian Young Men's Christian Association groups, and helped to found the Boy Scouts and Campfire Girls. An advocate for Indians' rights, he also wrote several books and lectured widely in the USA and England. |
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