Ohíyesa was later reunited with his father and oldest brother John in South Dakota. Ohíyesa’s knowledge of these skills and spiritual values would later be reflected in his activities and his writings. His uncle was a well-known hunter and warrior and gave Ohíyesa the traditional training of a young hunter, warrior, and member of the tribe.
His maternal grandmother Stands Sacred (Wakháŋ Inážiŋ Wiŋ) and her family took the boy with them as they fled from the warfare into North Dakota and Manitoba.įor the next 11 years, Eastman lived the original nomadic life of his people with his uncle and grandmother. During the Dakota War of 1862, Ohíyesa was separated from his father, Wak-anhdi Ota, and siblings, and they were thought to have died. In the Dakota tradition of naming to mark life passages, Hakadah was later named Ohíyesa – the Winner. His mother Wakantakawin (aka Mary Nancy Eastman) was the granddaughter of the Chief Cloud Man and the daughter of Stands Sacred and a well-known army officer, Seth Eastman a U.S. At birth, he was named Hakadah – the pitiful last – because he was the last of five children born to Wakantakawin, his mother, who died shortly after his birth. Charles Alexander Eastman was born near Redwood Falls, Minnesota in the winter of 1858.
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