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A fictionalized biography of a Santee Sioux Indian named Yesa, who, after being taken at age seventeen to live among white men, became a doctor and well-known writer on Indian life
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Grade 6-10 Disappointingly dry fare from the author of such powerful, even poetic novels about the American Indian as Anpao (Lippincott, 1977) and Legend Days (Harper, 1984). Written in the straightforward style of a junior biography, Eyes of Darkness is instead a fictionalized account of Dr. Charles Alexander Eastman, a Sioux Indian who was taken from his people at age 17 to live among the white men. Torn from his loved ones and his cherished way of life, Yesa, renamed Alexander East by his white teacher, identifies his special mission in life as "to use the white man's wisdom to keep his Indian heritage alive." Indeed, Alexander excels in the white man's mission schools and colleges and ultimately returns to his tribe as a medical doctor, only to find himself in the midst of the rising crisis of the Ghost Dance movement and the resulting tragedy at Wounded Knee. Highwater fails in this novel, however, to bring Yesa's Sioux heritage to life in the scenes of the Dance, the warpath or the buffalo hunt. Here is none of the evocative imagery of the previous novels. The parallel opening and closing chapters are flawed and confusing. Young readers without background knowledge of the Ghost Dance or the Battle of Wounded Knee are likely to miss the connection and the full impact of these events. Both Alexander's and the historical Dr. Eastman's struggles and accomplishments are slighted by this treatment. Deborah M. Locke, Westbrook High School, Maine
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- PublisherWilliam Morrow & Co
- Publication date1985
- ISBN 10 0688419933
- ISBN 13 9780688419936
- BindingLibrary Binding
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages191
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