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Author: Harlan LaFontaine, Neil McKay Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press Format: Softcover Publication Year: 2005 PUBLISHER'S NOTE: The Dakota language owes much of its expansiveness to its verbs, or action words. Yet until now, students of Dakota have had few resources in verb usage & conjugation beyond nineteenth-century dictionaries compiled by missionaries. The book |
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Author: Stephen Riggs Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press Category: Reference, Language Study Format: Softcover Publication Year: 1992 PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This Dakota-English dictionary was sponsored by the Minnesota Historical Society when it was first published by the Smithsonian Institution in 1852. The editor, Stephen R. Riggs (1812-83), had worked with Samuel |
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Author: Paul Goble Format: Hardcover Publisher: World Wisdom Books Publication Year: 2005 Illustrator: Paul Goble PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This book is full of quotations, songs, & brief stories that exemplify Native American attitudes toward nature. Black Elk, Standing Bear & others observe the importance of various animals & the sacred qualities of all living th |
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Author: Virgil J. Vogel Format: Paperback Publication Year: 1990 Category: Medicine PUBLISHER'S NOTE: “No other book has ever assumed the scope of this study of the botanical ingredients of American medicine in what has been called a rational therapy. ...in this volume the practical and...pharmacological bases of treatment and cure are studied” — Library Journal. |
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Author: John P. Williamson Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press Category: Reference, Language Study Format: Softcover Publication Year: 1992 PUBLISHER'S NOTE: A necessary companion to A Dakota-English Dictionary described above. John Williamson (1835-1917), son of missionary Dr. Thomas S. Williamson, grew up speaking both English and Dakota and spent most of h |
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Author: John G. Neihardt Format: Paperback Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Press Publication Year: 1988 Category: History PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Black Elk Speaks is the story of the Lakota visionary & healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) & his people during the momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century. Black Elk met the distinguished poet, writer, and critic John G |
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Author: Brenda J. Child Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Press Format: Softcover Publication Year: 1998 PUBLISHER'S NOTE: This correspondence chronicles the emotional and cultural impact that boarding schools had on individuals, families and communities. Through letters written by students, parents and administrators this book testifies not to the power of an institution, but to the res |
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Author: Paul Goble Category: Juvenile Fiction Publisher: Simon & Schuster PUBLISHER'S NOTE: A young hunter draws his bow against a buffalo cow. Before he can loosen his bow, there is no buffalo — instead, there stands a beautiful young woman, whom he must marry. The story continues after the boy marries and brings his wife home. “This story surpasses all (Goble’s) creation |
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Author: Dr. A. C Ross PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Dr. Ehanamani uses spiritual techniques to unearth a different perspective — on events leading to the battle and some of the mysteries surrounding the historic event. “An interesting journey that will make one rethink the events surrounding the Battle of Little Big Horn.” — John Gritts, American Indian College Fund. |
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Author: Mari Sandoz Edition Description: Revised Publisher: Bison Books Category: Biography & Memoir Format: Softcover Publication Year: 2004 PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Sandoz unfurls the story of the noted Oglala Sioux warrior who fought many battles for his people's independence, culminating with wiping out Custer's troops at the Little Bighorn. Despite his appa |
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Author: Frederic Baraga Format: Softcover Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press Publication Year: 1992
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Author: Paul Goble Publisher: Simon & Schuster Category: Juvenile Fiction Format: Softcover Publication Year: 1990 PUBLISHER'S NOTE: Lost in the hills with night approaching, Tiblo and his little sister, Tanksi, take shelter in a cave. Like a dream, a wolf keeps them warm during the cold night, and then next morning leads them back home. For his kindness everyone gives th |
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