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          (Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman)

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          Charles Alexander Eastman (born Hakadah and later named Ohíye S’a; February 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939) was a Native American physician, writer, national lecturer, and reformer.

          Eastman was of Santee Dakota and Anglo-American ancestry.

          Active in politics and issues on American Indian rights, he worked to improve the lives of youths, and founded thirty-two Native American chapters of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). He also helped found the Boy Scouts of America.

          He is considered the first Native American author to write American history from the Native point of view.

          Eastman was named Hakadah at his birth, meaning "pitiful last" in the Dakota.

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          Eastman was so named because his mother died following his birth. He was the last of five children of Wakantakawin, a mixed-race woman also known as Mary Nancy Eastman. Eastman's father, a Santee Dakota named Wak-anhdi Ota (Many Lightnings), lived on a Santee Dakota r