Lee examines the immediate effects and continuing legacy of the New Deal by focusing solely on the plight of South Dakota, a state hit hard by both the economy and Mother Nature throughout the 1930
McDermott presents a biographical account of the life of Oglala Lakota (Sioux) leader Red Cloud, who played a major role in the history of the state of South Dakota during the late-nineteenth to mid-t
In this 11x9" collection of color photos for general readers, Dempster, a regional photographer, gazes with fondness at the neighborhoods of Sioux Falls, South Dakota. While the photographer's focus i
Twins Max and Hannah join their extended family on their grandparents' South Dakota farm, eager to partipate in the annual pheasant hunt for the first time, and learn much about the birds and what the
An Englishman travels through South Dakota and offers his observations, thoughts, and musings“Fraser Harrison is among the best truth-tellers. He has written a thoughtful, tender, and funny guide, a b
In 1936, Marjorie Havreberg left her family home in South Dakota to work for a Senator in Washington, DC; later, as a civilian secretary for the War Department, she was stationed in neutral Turkey dur
In the 1940s and 1950s, unable to field competitive football teams of eleven boys, small high schools across the United States started playing with six, instead. Claremont, South Dakota, was one such
While there are many books about Sitting Bull's life, this may be the only one focusing on the 22 months he spent as a prisoner of the U.S. Army at Fort Randall, in what is now South Dakota. Using fir
In the early 1900s, four orphaned siblings, the eldest being seventeen, set out to fulfill their uncle's dream of homesteading in Tripp County, South Dakota, and although they face drought, discomfort
Captain Jack Crawford based his poetry and storytelling performances on his adventures as a prospector in the Dodge Expedition to the Black Hills of Dakota Territory. This book collects his letters to
Before the oil industry transformed western North Dakota, the natives of Stanley went about their normal, everyday lives. Postmen, farmers, housewives, doctors, and other residents of the bustling tow
Cerasani, the son of Arthur Cerasani, a sculptor and artist who worked on Mount Rushmore, tells the story of how his father corresponded with his wife in New York during the work in 1940. He uses thei
Following sitting Bull's surrender to the United States Army in 1881, the Indian Division of the United States Census Office conducted a full and detailed census of the Sioux Indians at Standing Rock
Raccoon, after finding some honey in a tree hollow, is stung by bees and runs for help covered in leaves, as the other animals in the forest, not recognizing him, run to escape.
Much of Seth Bullock's modern renown comes from television, motion pictures, and his friendship with President Theodore Roosevelt. But Bullock was much more than the frontier law enforcer portrayed in
Zikky, a young descendant of the Thirteen-lined Gophers of America, finds more adventure than he bargained for when, bored with guarding the treasure he found as a gift of the Gopher Fairies, he ignor
Watson (political science, Florida Atlantic U. in Boca Raton) presents nine papers that collectively add up to a political biography of Democratic Senator George McGovern, the 1972 presidential challe
Sebasta provides an account of all of the surviving churches in South Dakota built before 1930. Beginning with an essay by historical preservationist Elizabeth J. Almlie, the text chronologically
Casler, a historical researcher and former park ranger, and Wood, who taught anthropology, compile fur-trade journal and letter books from Fort Tecumseh and Fort Pierre Chouteau, to illustrate the
Laura Ingalls Wilder (1867?1957) finished her autobiography, Pioneer Girl, in 1930 when she was sixty-three years old. Throughout the 1930s and into the early 1940s, she drew upon her original manuscr
"Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve describes the lives of American Indian women for young adult readers, from their traditional roles to their modern challenges. Focuses on the Sioux people (Lakota/Teton, D
Laura Ingalls Wilder's unedited, and unpublished, draft of her autobiography that was written for an adult audience and eventually served as the foundation for her popular Little House on the Prairie
"Benjamin "Ben" Reifel (1906-1990) is the first person of Lakota descent to serve in Congress. A member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota, he worked toward American Indian acculturation, whil
