Indian Alumnus Honored

Signal honor was paid Charles A. Eastman '87 at the observance of American Indian Day at the Century of Progress Exposition, when he was awarded the medal of the Indian Council Fire for the most distinguished achievement by an American Indian. Mr. Eastman, who is a member of the Sioux tribe and is called Ohiyesa, was honored in recognition of a long career "that has contributed much to his race as well as to the paleface."

Following his graduation from Dartmouth in 1887, Mr. Eastman received the degree of Doctor of Medicine from Boston University in 1890 and in the same year became a government physician at the Pine Ridge agency. Since then he has been known as an Indian Service inspector, as national councilman of the Boy Scouts, as director of the Brooks-Bryce foundation for the promotion of peace and friendship between the English-speaking races, as a lecturer, and as the author of many books on Indian life.