Taken from the pages of South Dakota History, these essays explore modern American Indian life. The political and social ramifications of land heirship, the damming of the Missouri River, and shifting federal politices are among the topics discussed.
Product Details
ISBN-13: 9780977795543
Media Type: Paperback
Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society
Publication Date: 11-01-2007
Pages: 328
Product Dimensions: 6.39(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.84(d)
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction Richmond L. Clow 1 The Struggle for Land From Prison to Monieland: The Cheyenne River Indian before World War I Frederick E. Hoxie 11 The Waldron-Black Tomahawk Controversy and the Status of Mixed Bloods among the Teton Sioux Harry H. Anderson 30 The Fractionated Estate: The Problem of American Indian Heirship Michael L. Lawson 45 Reservation Life Cowboys on the Reservation: The Growth of Rodeo as a Lakota National Pastime Allison Fuss Mellis 87 The Sioux and the Indian-CCC Roger Bromert 102 The Diaries of a Day-school Teacher: Daily Realities on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 1932-1942 Laura Woodworth-Ney 118 Health on the Reservation James R. Walker's Campaign against Tuberculosis on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Don Southerton 141 Power and Powerlessness: The People of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians Scott Riney 157 Changes in Government Policy Tribal Populations in Transition: Sioux Reservations and Federal Policy, 1934-1965 Richmond L. Clow 179 Removing the Yoke of Government: E. Y. Berry and the Origins of Indian Termination Policy Steven C. Schulte 204 "We lost our way of living": The Inundation of the White SwanCommunity Michael L. Lawson 223 Confrontation and Radical Action Spontaneous Combustion: Prelude to Wounded Knee 1973 Akim D. Reinhardt 257 The Red Power Movement and the Yankton Sioux Industries Pork-processing Plant Takeovers of 1975 Joshua Garrett-Davis 271 Afterword Richmond L. Clow 301 Contributors 305 Index 307