Fitzgerald’s work focuses on Charles Eastman’s (Ohiyesa’s) compelling story of embracing the traditional cultural ideals of his nomadic ancestors while living in the modern industrialized world of his time.  Born in a buffalo-hide tipi in 1858, Eastman was raised as a traditional Sioux Indian in his youth, but was catapulted into the dominant white society of his time, becoming a medical doctor who cared for wounded Indians after the 1890 massacre at Wounded Knee and helping to co-found the Boy Scouts of America in 1910.

This book also features: 
* Selections from Charles Eastman’s five most important books
* More than 275 color and black & white vintage photographs, paintings, vignettes, timelines, and maps
* Nine interviews with contemporary American Indian leaders on their experience of “living two worlds”
* Thought-provoking discussion questions and lists of free supplementary study materials