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Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve

Macmillan

Poetry book about Native American youth.

Dancing Teepees: Poems of American Indian Youth

scholastic

Provides an overview of the history, culture, and ways of life of the Navajo Indians.

The Navajos

Children's Books

Silver, Burdett, Ginn

Norman Two Bull is a modern and savvy fifteen-year-old Sioux who lives on a Dakota reservation with his parents. He is impatient with, if not faintly contemptuous of, the “old ways.” Encouraged by his grandfather, Norman makes a perilous climb to the top of a sacred butte, searching for agates where Indian boys had once gone for spirit visions. There, unexpectedly, he finds an ancient relic with the power to make strange things happen—and they do! When Thunders Spoke is a haunting story whose strength often lies in what is not said.

When Thunders Spoke

Teen & Young Adult

Literature & Fiction

Bison Books

That They May Have Life: The Episcopal Church in South Dakota, 1859-1976

Seabury Press

Virginia's coat is too small and hardly protects her from the frigid South Dakata winter. As Christmas approaches, all the children on the Sioux reservation look forward to receiving boxes full of clothing sent by congregations in the East. Virginia spots a beautiful gray fur coat but holds back tears as it is claimed by one of her classmates. Later, virginia can't believe what Mama brings home. Based on an event from the author's childhood, this picture book captures the true spirit of Christmas.

The Christmas Coat: Memories of My Sioux Childhood

Biographies

Holiday House

For the very first time, some of South Dakota's best poets have been gathered together into one book. A Harvest of Words offers an excellent snapshot of poetic life as it currently exists in the state and each of these literary artists has been given an entire chapter to showcase their award-winning work. These are poets at the top of their game. Their work illuminates what it means to come from this state, from this region, and from this country.

A Harvest of Words: Contemporary South Dakota Poetry (Prairie Plains Series No. 13)

Lee Ann Roripaugh

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn

Patrick Hicks

David Allan Evans

Lydia Whirlwind Soldier

Jeanne Emmons

Allison Hedge Coke

Debra Nystrom

Leo Dangel

Jim Reese

Dennis Sampson

Christine Stewart-Nuñez

Linda Hasslestrom

The Center for Western Studies

Much has been written about the 1803-1806 Lewis and Clark Expedition, but few authors have considered the effect the Corps of Discovery had on the Native Americans already inhabiting the ''uncharted'' territory. Basing her story on actual events noted by William Clark, Virginia Sneve tells a fictional account of an encounter from the point of view of three young Lakota boys. Her story explores the wariness and misunderstanding each side met and the crises that ensued. These events are depicted dramatically in both the text and Bill Farnsworth's elegant full-color, vibrant illustrations, resulting in a collaboration that offers a unique and thought-provoking view of one of the most famous expeditions in U.S. history. Reinforced binding.

Bad River Boys: A Meeting of the Lakota Sioux with Lewis and Clark

For Ages 8 and up
Imagine having to argue in court that you are a person. Yet this is just what Standing Bear, of the Ponca Indian tribe, did in Omaha in 1879. And because of this trial, the law finally said that an Indian was indeed a person, with rights just like any other American. 
Standing Bear of the Ponca tells the story of this historic leader, from his childhood education in the ways and traditions of his people to his trials and triumphs as chief of the Bear Clan of the Ponca tribe. Most harrowing is the winter trek on which Standing Bear led his displaced people, starving and sick with malaria, back to their homeland--only to be arrested by the U.S. government, which set the stage for his famous trial. Standing Bear's story is also the story of a changing America, when the Ponca, like so many Indian tribes, felt the pressure of pioneers looking to settle the West. Standing Bear died in 1908, but his legacy and influence continue even up to the present.

Standing Bear of the Ponca

All tasks of women cooking, caring for children, tanning and sewing were considered dignified and worthwhile. No work was looked upon as menial, consequently there were no menial workers. Luther Standing Bear, 1931 Sioux women are the center of tribal life and the core of the tiospaye, the extended family. They maintain the values and traditions of Sioux culture, but their own stories and experiences often remain untold. Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve combed through the winter counts and oral records of her ancestors to discover their past. The result, Sioux Women: Traditionally Sacred, illuminates the struggles and joys of her grandmothers and other women who maintained tribal life as circumstances changed and outside cultures pushed for dominance. Sneve s storytelling powers enliven her personal exploration of the roles of Sioux girls and women, making the book an accessible journey into modern American Indian society.

Sioux Women: Traditionally Sacred

History

Americas

South Dakota Historical Society Press

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