Minnesota Experience — Season 1, Episode 7: Ohiyesa: The Soul of an Indian
Documentary • 30 min • 6 seasons, 87 episodes
Episode synopsis
This documentary follows Kate Beane, a young Dakota woman, as she examines the extraordinary life of her celebrated relative, Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa). Biography and journey come together as Kate traces Eastman's path-from traditional Dakota boyhood, through education at Dartmouth College, and in later roles as physician, author, lecturer and Native American advocate.
About Minnesota Experience
For decades, Twin Cities PBS (TPT) has dived into the whitewater of bygone eras and emerged with insight about our shared past and values as Minnesotans. Tapping into TPT’s rich archive of historical stories and adding new ones to the fold, Minnesota Experience holds the mirror of history up to the modern moment as a force that can forever change who we are and who we want to be.
More episodes from Season 1
- E1Flour Power
- E2Lost Twin Cities III
- E3Cornerstones: A History of North Minneapolis
- E4Fires of 1918
- E5Lost Twin Cities 4
- E6Glensheen and the Congdon Legacy
- E8The People's Protectors
- E9MN in the 70's
- E10The Fabulous Ice Age
- E11Hmong Pioneers: Honoring the First Wave
- E12Restoring The People's House
- E13Tales of the Road