George Spencer

Man Between Worlds George Spencer

A Santee Sioux, Ohiyesa was raised to avenge the unjust execution of his father. But when he was 15, his father, who had been pardoned, appeared in the wilderness. He had become a Christian and a farmer and had adopted Western ways. Now he would take his 15-year-old son with him, hurling him into an alien world and changing his life forever. Ohiyesa (now Charles Eastman) became a healer-a physician who treated victims of the Wounded Knee Massacre. He lobbied four Presidents and co-founded the first national American-Indian civil rights group. An acclaimed author, he toured the nation preaching a tough-love gospel about the humanity of Indians to white audiences. 'Man Between Worlds' contains a biography of Eastman and is accompanied by the one-man play 'Ohiyesa-The Winner, ' which is based on the writings of this forgotten American hero. This spellbinding story tells the true tale of a man ahead of his time who sought to do right by bringing justice to the oppressed and enlightenment to the powerful. Author George Spencer is the former Executive Editor of the alumni magazine at Dartmouth College where Eastman went to school