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Post by tamara on Nov 28, 2006 20:40:01 GMT -5
has anyone ever seen anything of YMCA archives or records regarding the foundation of the YMCA in indian country and the men involved in it? I have started to try to find their archives but it isnt clear to me yet.
Tamara
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Post by sara on Nov 28, 2006 20:58:40 GMT -5
Off the top of my head I thought it was Charles Eastmans influence and another Dakota whos name escapes me right now.
Sara
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Post by chaskeboy on Nov 28, 2006 21:55:24 GMT -5
Hau koda, hemiyedo! Go to the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe website, then the Church history booklet pdf, then to page 38, and that should do it. I hope that's what you need. As ever, Chaskeboy
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Post by peacekeeper on Nov 28, 2006 22:17:36 GMT -5
excerpt from Charles Eastman; Wikepedia
Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman (Sioux: Ohiyesa, February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.
Ohiyesa was born on a reservation near Redwood Falls, Minnesota. He was the son of the Dakota Many Lightnings and his mixed-blood wife, Mary Nancy Eastman, who died at his birth. Mary Eastman was the daughter of the painter Captain Seth Eastman. During the Minnesota Uprising of Dakota in 1862-63, Ohiyesa was cared for by paternal relatives who fled into North Dakota and Manitoba. When he was later reunited with his father, now using the name Jacob Eastman, and older brother John, the Eastman family established a homestead in Dakota Territory.
With his father's encouragement, Eastman attended mission and preparatory schools and graduated from Dartmouth College in 1886. He graduated from Boston University, with a medical degree, in 1889. Eastman worked as agency physician for the Indian Health Service on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and later at the Crow Creek Reservation, both in South Dakota. He also established a private medical practice. Between 1894-97, Eastman established 32 Indian groups of the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA). In 1899, he helped recruit students for the Carlisle Indian School in Pennsylvania. In 1910, along with Ernest Thompson Seton of the Woodcraft Indians and Daniel Carter Beard of the Sons of Daniel Boone, Eastman helped found the Boy Scouts of America.
Jackie
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Post by tamara on Nov 28, 2006 23:06:42 GMT -5
thanks... and yes, I think it was Eastman and also Thomas Wakeman. I saw a small notation in the word carrier that said that John B Cloud was involved with the YMCA and so now I am wondering if they have any archives that would give more details on the men or the people.
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Post by peacekeeper on Nov 28, 2006 23:19:06 GMT -5
I agree with you Tamara. When I read about the history of Little Crow's family, I am sure I read of his son, Thomas Wakeman also being connected with the YMCA. Excerpt from: www.siouxymca.org/history.htm The History of the General Convention of Sioux YMCAs We build strong kids, strong families, strong communities. In 1862, the Dakota People, tired of semi-starvation and poverty, took part in an ill-fated war meant to push white settlers out of their lands in Minnesota. At the end of the brief war, 160 Dakota warriors were captured and sentenced to hang. In 1864, President Abraham Lincoln commuted the sentences of 120 of the younger men. However, 40 other warriors were hung from a single scaffold in Mankato, Minnesota, making it the largest mass execution in U.S. history. These younger Indian men languished in a military prison. Volunteers from the Young Men's Christian Association visited them, bringing clothing, bedding, English language lessons and Christianity. The Dakota men were so impressed with the compassion of these YMCA volunteers, that upon their release in 1879, some of them, including Chief Little Crow's son, Thomas Wakeman, started the Koskada Okadiciye, a Young Man's Association. In 1885 they were recognized by the national YMCA movement and changed their name to Sioux Young Men's Christian Association. Their goal then, as it still is today, was to teach and encourage the values of Wawokiye, Woksape, Ohitika, and Wa o’hola or Generosity, Wisdom, Bravery, and Respect. Jackie
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Post by bmorin on Jan 22, 2007 15:24:19 GMT -5
Good Afternoon: I would like to request help with requesting information from the NARA - I have been to their website, but am not sure what I need to identify as far as the docuement that I am seaching for - if anyone can help me out with this I would be very grateful. Thank you. I want to order information on-line if possible. Sara, if you could help me out with this?? My telephone number is 701-351-1461. Thanks.
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Post by Vicky on Jan 22, 2007 16:19:47 GMT -5
bmorin, If you are interested in ordering something from NARA in KC, you can contact Barbara Larsen NARA KC E-mail Address(es): barbara.larsen@nara.gov There are finding aids available for the tribes, Santee does not have electronic finding aids, but Sisseton does. You can order the finding aids from Barbara, and she will send them free of charge. It helps to look at these first, as there are many items you might not think to ask for. Or you can just email her with what you need and she'll find it for you. If the info you seek must be obtained in DC, she can help you with that also. Good luck to you! Vicky
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