Charles Eastman, born in 1858 and later named Ohíye S'a, was of Santee Dakota, English, and French ancestry. He is considered the first Native American author to write American history from the Native point of view. In The Soul of the Indian, Eastman brings to life the rich spirituality and morality of the Native Americans as they existed before contact with Europeans. It is a rare firsthand expression of the foundations of American wisdom, which we will discuss with members of the American Indian Initiative at Colonial Williamsburg for their invaluable contemporary perspective.