{"id":139,"date":"2019-04-28T01:02:50","date_gmt":"2019-04-28T05:02:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lmoynahan\/?page_id=139"},"modified":"2019-05-03T19:54:51","modified_gmt":"2019-05-03T23:54:51","slug":"the-eastman-difference","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.smith.edu\/arx340-lmoynahan\/the-eastman-difference\/","title":{"rendered":"The Eastman Difference"},"content":{"rendered":"

C<\/strong>harles and Elaine Eastman opened Camp Oahe in NH in 1916. Both were involved with the early development of youth organizations including the Boy Scouts and Camp Fire Girls. Additionally, Charles served as an administrator for the YMCA and also guided the development of programming of the Woodcraft organization.<\/p>\n

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Charles and Elaine Eastman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Charles Eastman.
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C<\/strong>harles Eastman\u2019s use of Red-facing was a method to subvert the settler centric narrative. The Eastman\u2019s camp sought to bring awareness to the Native American culture and contradict the \u201cvanishing Indian\u201d and other colonial tropes. Camp Oahe was more about advocacy than strengthening hearty and healthy white girls. Charles and Elaine Eastman designed and governed the content to teach young white girls about native ways of women and motherhood so they would learn the worth of the Dakota culture.<\/p>\n

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Charles Eastman teaching campers at Camp Oahe, 1917. Photo: Eastman Family Papers, Jones Library, Amherst, MA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

T<\/strong>heir programming also offered Dakota teachings in music, handcrafts, dance and sports. \u00a0The Eastman\u2019s goal was to change common perceptions about Native Americans and in the future, white girls would advocate on behalf of Native rights in society.<\/p>\n

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Basketweaving Camp Oahe. Angel De Caro, Smith 1898, Instructor.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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Charles and Elaine Eastman opened Camp Oahe in NH in 1916. Both were involved with the early development of youth organizations including the Boy Scouts…<\/p>\n

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