The Sioux in South Dakota History

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.

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

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 Show More