Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a physician writer, national lecturer, and reformer.
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He is considered the first Native American author to write American history from the Native American point of view.
He also helped found the Boy Scouts of America.
After working as a physician on reservations in South Dakota, he became increasingly active in politics and issues on Native American rights, he worked to improve the lives of youths, and founded thirty-two Native American chapters of the Young Men\'s Christian Association.
Eastman was of Santee Dakota, English and French ancestry.
Charles Alexander Eastman (1858-1939) was a physician writer, national lecturer, and reformer
