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Charles Eastman A huge part of Indian culture has always been their knack for oral tradition. It what creates a link between the past civilizations and the current one, making all cultures link together through the use of stories and events that went on' Oral tradition is scene in the book From the Deep Woods to Civilization. In this book, Charles A. Eastman, tells his autobiographical story of his life to the readers. Telling us about his story shares a bit of his culture with us, and the life he has lead. But this book touches on many aspects that typically Indian. A matter of fact, he stood at a point where he even battled his own Identity. This is common theme we encounter in our course. Eastman is constantly finding himself a book of contradictions. Contradicting his feelings towards all the cultures he encounters through his journey through life. Perhaps Eastman wouldn’t have found himself so confused if it weren’t for his family and their opposing views against each other. His family relationship represents a lot of confusion. His grandmother had raised Eastman because everyone had thought his father had passed away. One day, it was discovered that eastman, one, book, world, indian, same, idea, himself, because, grandmother, been, tradition, eastman’s, civilization, white, tribe, time, things, religion, people, own, new, modernity, man, life, father, day, culture, christian, again, about, way, through, starts, sioux