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Out of the carnage of Wounded Knee – when U.S. troops slaughtered 250 Lakota Sioux men, women and children – Elaine Goodale and Charles Eastman fell in love. She was a poet and a teacher. He was a doctor, the only Native American in his class at Boston University Medical School.
Tufts University’s Julie Dobrow, the author of a new book about the relationship between Eastman and Goodale, explains how the two resolved to marry and devote their lives to Native American causes while caring for the sick and dying in the wake of the massacre. The couple quickly became a media sensation, and hundreds of newspapers reported on their nuptials.
But over time, cracks began to emerge in their marriage. Elaine was committed to the idea of assimilation. Charles started feeling torn between two worlds. And as his literary career took off, hers stalled: She was left caring for their kids while Charles toured the country promoting his books – sometimes dressing in traditional Sioux regalia, other times sporting Western dress.
“The marriage of Elaine Goodale and Charles Eastman underscores why it can be so challenging for people from different backgrounds to truly understand each other,” Dobrow writes. “But their story … also suggests the importance of trying.”
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Nick Lehr
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Native American children ride bikes near the cemetery at Wounded Knee, the site of the Dec. 29, 1890, massacre of Sioux tribal members.
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Julie Dobrow, Tufts University
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