Produced by K. Nordquist, Meredith Bach and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) THE INDIAN TO-DAY THE AMERICAN BOOKS A LIBRARY OF GOOD CITIZENSHIP "The American Books" are designed as a series of authoritative manuals, discussing problems of interest in America to-day. THE AMERICAN BOOKS THE AMERICAN COLLEGE BY ISAAC SHARPLESS THE INDIAN TO-DAY BY CHARLES A. EASTMAN COST OF LIVING BY FABIAN FRANKLIN THE AMERICAN NAVY BY REAR-ADMIRAL FRENCH E. CHADWICK, U.S.N. MUNICIPAL FREEDOM BY OSWALD RYAN AMERICAN LITERATURE BY LEON KELLNER (TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY JULIA FRANKLIN) SOCIALISM IN AMERICA BY JOHN MACY AMERICAN IDEALS BY CLAYTON S. COOPER THE UNIVERSITY MOVEMENT BY IRA REMSEN THE AMERICAN SCHOOL BY WALTER S. HINCHMAN (_For more extended notice of the series, see the last pages of this book._) _The American Books_ The Indian To-day The Past and Future of the First American BY CHARLES A. EASTMAN (OHIYESA) _Author of "Old Indian Days," "Indian Boyhood," etc._ GARDEN CITY NEW YORK DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY 1915 _Copyright, 1915, by_ Doubleday, Page & Company _All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian_ BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE The author of this book was born in a teepee of buffalo hide near Redwood Falls, Minn., during the winter of 1858. His father was a full-blooded Sioux called "Many Lightnings," (Tawakanhdeota). His mother, the granddaughter of Chief "Cloud Man" of the Sioux and daughter of a well-known army officer, died shortly after his birth. He was named Ohiyesa (The Winner).