What does the name Ohiyesa mean?

Answer 1

The name Ohiyesa means Winner. The following is from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Eastman Charles Alexander Eastman (Sioux: Ohiyesa, (pronounced Oh hee' yay suh), February 19, 1858 - January 8, 1939) was a Native American author, physician and reformer. He was active in politics and helped found the Boy Scouts of America. Ohiyesa was born on a reservation near Redwood Falls, Minnesota. He was the son of the Dakota Many Lightnings and his mixed-blood wife, Mary Nancy Eastman, who died at his birth. Mary Eastman was the daughter of the painter Captain Seth Eastman. His name at birth was “Hakadah,” the "pitiful last", because he became the last of his three brothers and one sister when his mother died. In his early youth he received the name Ohiyesa (Winner).