Standing Rock Sioux

Type
Book
Authors
Donovin Arleigh Sprague ( Sprague, Donovin Arleigh )
 
ISBN 10
0738532428 
ISBN 13
9780738532424 
Category
General Library Collection  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
2004 
Publisher
Pages
128 
Subject
Dakota 
Abstract
There is a rock of incredible legend and history that stands before the Standing Rock Agency. Years ago a Dakota man took a second wife, thereby bruising the ego of his first. As camp was breaking up and the tribe was moving on, the first wife pouted and refused to move. She stayed behind with her baby. The tribe moved on and the husband repented, sending his brothers to collect her. They returned to camp to find that she and her child had turned to stone. From that point on, the stone was thought holy and was moved with the tribe, always given a place of honor at the center of camp. Now resting upon a brick pedestal, from this stone the agency derives its name.

Within the pages of Standing Rock Sioux, author Donovin Sprague examines the tribe's history, legacy, and culture through a collection of rare photographs, personal interviews, and stories. Mr. Sprague is the author of Cheyenne River Sioux (Arcadia, 2003), Director of Education at the Crazy Horse Memorial, an instructor  
Description
127 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. 
Biblio Notes
Contents:
Oyate = People/nation --
Owakpamni tokahe ehanni = Early agency era --
Unci makoce etanhan skinciyapi na Inakiya = Struggle for freedom and surrenders from Canada --
Tantanka Iyotake na Cank'pe Opi Wicaktepi = Killing of Sitting Bull and Wounded Knee --
Inyan Woslata, 1900-1950s = Standing Rock Reservation, 1900-1950s --
Okolakiciye Akicita = Soldier Society/veterans --
Owayawa el' tipi = Boarding Schools --
Wounspe teca = New education --
Inyan Woslata, 1954-2004 = Standing Rock Reservation, 1954-2004.  
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