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Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa)..
English: Charles Alexander Eastman (Sioux: Ohiyesa, (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), 19 February - 8 January ) was a Native American.
Charles Eastman in traditional Sioux clothing. Touch of color LOA.
Charles Alexander Eastman, aka Ohiyesa, a Santee Sioux Indian, was the first Native American to be certified in Western medicine, a writer, national lecturer, and reformer.
Eastman was born near Redwood Falls, Minnesota, in the winter of 1858 to father, Tawakanhdeota (Face of Many Lightenings), and mother, Wakantakawin, also known as Winona (First-Born Daughter).
While his father was full blood Sioux, his mother was born mixed, her father being Seth Eastman, a well-known army officer who married her mother, Wakantakawin (Stands Sacred), at Fort Snelling. Stands Sacred was the daughter of Santee Dakota chief Cloud Man.
She would take on the Christian name of Mary Nancy Eastman.
He would be given the birth name of Hakadah (Pitful Last) because he was the last of three brothers and one sister, and the fact that his mother, Winona, died shortly after his birth.
Hakadah would be raised by his grandmother, Sta