Contents

List of Illustrations

Introduction

Part 1: Writings by Boarding School Students

Letters

Arizona Jackson (Wyandot)

Letter to Laura, 1880

Letter to the Editors, 1881

Letter to Susan Longstreth, 1881

Samuel Townsend (Pawnee)

Letter by an Apprentice, 1880

Luther Standing Bear (Oglala Sioux)

Letter on Baltimore, 1881

Letter to Father, 1882

Editorials

Ida Johnson (Wyandot?), Arizona Jackson (Wyandot), and Lula Walker (Wyandot)

Hallaquah Editorial, December 1879

Hallaquah Editorial, January 1880

Hallaquah Editorial, February 1880

Hallaquah Editorial, March–April 1880

Hallaquah Editorial, May 1880

Lucy Grey (Seneca), Arizona Jackson (Wyandot), and Bertrand N. O. Walker (Wyandot)

Hallaquah Editorial, January 1881

Hallaquah Editorial, February 1881

Hallaquah Editorial, March 1881

Hallaquah Editorial, April 1881

Hallaquah Editorial, May 1881

Hallaquah Editorial, August, September, October, and November 1881

Samuel Townsend (Pawnee)

School News Editorial, June 1880

School News Editorial, July 1880

School News Editorial, August 1880

School News Editorial, October 1880

School News Editorial, December 1880

School News Editorial, January 1881

School News Editorial, February 1881

Annie Lovejoy (Sioux), Addie Stevens (Winnebago), James Enouf (Potawatomi), and Frank Hubbard (Penobscot)

Our Motto Changed, Talks and Thoughts Editorial, January 1892

Essays

Henry Caruthers Roman Nose (Southern Cheyenne)

An Indian Boy’s Camp Life, 1880

Roman Nose Goes to New York, 1880

Roman Nose Goes to Indian Territory, 1880

Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, 1880

Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Captain Pratt, 1881

Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Going to Hampton, 1881

Experiences of H. C. Roman Nose, on Getting an Education, 1881

Mary North (Arapaho)

A Little Story, 1880

Joseph Du Bray (Yankton Sioux)

Indians’ Accustoms, 1891

How to Walk Straight, 1892

The Sun Dance, 1893

Robert Placidus Higheagle (Standing Rock Sioux)

Tipi-iyokihe, 1895

Samuel Baskin (Santee Sioux)

What the White Man Has Gained from the Indian, 1896

Alonzo Lee (Eastern Band Cherokee)

The Trail of the Serpent, 1896

Indian Folk-Lore, 1896

An Indian Naturalist, 1897

Transition Scenes, 1899

Anna Bender (White Earth Chippewa)

A Glimpse of the Old Indian Religion, 1904

An Indian Girl in Boston, 1904

Elizabeth Bender (White Earth Chippewa)

From Hampton to New York, 1905

J. William Ettawageshik (Ottawa)

My Home Locality, 1909

Caleb Carter (Nez Percé)

Christmas among the Nez Percés, 1911

How the Nez Percés Trained for Long Distance Running, 1911

Short Stories and Retold Tales

Joseph Du Bray (Yankton Sioux)

A Fox and a Wolf: A Fable, 1892

Harry Hand (Crow Creek Sioux)

The Brave War-Chief and the Ghost, 1892

A Buffalo Hunt, 1892

The Story Teller, 1893

The Adventures of a Strange Family, 1893

Chapman Schanandoah (Oneida)

How the Bear Lost His Tail: An Old Indian Story, 1893

Robert Placidus Higheagle (Standing Rock Sioux)

The Brave Deaf and Dumb Boy, 1893

The Legend of Owl River, 1895

Samuel Baskin (Santee Sioux)

Ite Waste, or Fair Face, 1895

Stella Vanessa Bear (Arikara)

An Indian Story, 1903

How People First Came to the World, 1903

An Enemy’s Revenge, 1905

Ghost Bride Pawnee Legend, 1910

Indian Legend—Creation of the World, 1910

Anna Bender (White Earth Chippewa)

Quital’s First Hunt, 1904

The First Squirrel, 1904

The Big Dipper, 1904

William J. Owl (Eastern Band Cherokee)

The Beautiful Bird, 1910

The Way the Opossum Derived His Name, 1912

Emma La Vatta (Fort Hall Shoshoni)

The Story of the Deerskin, 1910

Why the Snake’s Head Became Flat, 1911

J. William Ettawageshik (Ottawa)

The Maple Sugar Sand, 1911

Caleb Carter (Nez Percé)

The Coyote and the Wind, 1913

The Feast of the Animals, 1913

Part 2: Writings by Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Native American Public Intellectuals

Francis La Flesche (Omaha)

Address to Carlisle Students, 1886

The Laughing Bird, the Wren: An Indian Legend, 1900

The Past Life of the Plains Indians, 1905

One Touch of Nature, 1913

Carlos Montezuma (Yavapai)

An Apache, to the Students of Carlisle Indian School, 1887

The Indian Problem from an Indian’s Standpoint, 1898

Civilized Arrow Shots from an Apache Indian, 1902

The Indian Dance, 1902

Flash Lights on the Indian Question, 1902

How America Has Betrayed the Indian, 1903

Charles Alexander Eastman (Santee Sioux)

An Indian Collegian’s Speech, 1888

Address at Carlisle Commencement, 1899

The Making of a Prophet, 1899

Notes of a Trip to the Southwest, 1900

An Indian Festival, 1900

A True Story with Several Morals, 1900

Indian Traits, 1903

The Indian’s View of the Indian in Literature, 1903

Life and Handicrafts of the Northern Ojibwas, 1911

“My People”: The Indians’ Contribution to the Art of America, 1914

Angel De Cora (Winnebago)

My People, 1897

Native Indian Art, 1907

An Autobiography, 1911

Gertrude Bonnin (Yankton Sioux)

School Days of an Indian Girl, 1900

Letter to the Red Man, 1900

A Protest Against the Abolition of the Indian Dance, 1902

Laura Cornelius Kellogg (Oneida)

Indian Public Opinion, 1902

John Milton Oskison (Cherokee)

The Outlook for the Indian, 1903

The Problem of Old Harjo, 1907

The Indian in the Professions, 1912

Address by J. M. Oskison, 1912

An Indian Animal Story, 1914

Arthur Caswell Parker (Seneca)

Making New Americans from Old, 1911

Progress for the Indian, 1912

Needed Changes in Indian Affairs, 1912

Henry Roe Cloud (Winnebago)

Education of the American Indian, 1915

Elizabeth Bender (White Earth Chippewa)

Training Indian Girls for Efficient Home Makers, 1916

A Hampton Graduate’s Experience, 1916

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index