"Nedawi." An Indian Story from Real Life by Suzette La Flesche Suzette La Flesche, was first the published Native American artist and writer. La Flesche published this story under the English translation of her Native American name Inshta Theumba ("Bright Eyes"). This story though fictional was based on La Flesche's experiences growing up Native American in Omaha during the age of incorporation. The story was first published in St. Nicholas Magazine in 1881. Like Sa's Impressions, Nedawi reveals an Indian childhood full of innocence and story telling. Yet, unlike Sa who leaves comparisons between the upbringing of white and Indian children to her readers, La Flesche makes these comparisons overtly in her text. Nedawi is "no more perfect than any little white girl who gets into a temper now and then." She swings back and forth "pretty much as white children do." This story of La Flesche's, at this time an "inmate" at a boarding school for Indian girls, represents the similarities and argues for the common ground of humanity held between the white and brown races.

Indian Boyhood by Ohiyesa [Eastman, Charles Alexander] This narrative in contrast to the two stories above reveals the experience of the Indian boy. His story like that of Sa and La Flesche reveals a childhood of story telling. Yet, because of his status as a young man of a warrior race Ohiyesa's tale also shows the development of a young hunter and warrior. Ohiyesa begins his tale with the question "WHAT boy would not be an Indian for a while when he thinks of the freest life in the world? This life was mine. Every day there was a real hunt. There was real game." Like the other author's Ohiyesa's tale is shaded by his experience as a man who lived in the worlds of both the white man and the Native Americans. His writing style similarly combines the two worlds. NEXT: BOARDING SCHOOL