The Sioux in South Dakota History: A Twentieth-Century Reader

by Clow, Richmond L.

• ISBN13: 9780977795543
• ISBN10: 0977795543
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-11-01
• Publisher: South Dakota State Historical Society

Summary

These thirteen essays, taken from the pages of South Dakota History, the quarterly journal of the South Dakota State Historical Society, explore modern American Indian political and cultural life, in five themed sections, contributors examine the tremendous changes the Sioux experienced during the twentieth century. The political and social ramifications of land heirship, the damming of the Missouri River, and shifting federal policies are among topics discussed. Health care, recreation, and education are viewed through the windows of a psychiatric facility, reservation rodeos, and the experiences of a day-school teacher. The tumultuous build-up to the violence at Wounded Knee in 1973 is covered, as well, along with issues surrounding land allotment and efforts to eradicate tuberculosis. Editor Richmond L. Clow contributes an introduction and afterword providing context for the essays and suggesting avenues for further study.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
The Struggle for Land
From Prison to Monieland: The Cheyenne River Indian before World War I	p. 11
The Waldron-Black Tomahawk Controversy and the Status of Mixed Bloods among the Teton Sioux	p. 30
The Fractionated Estate: The Problem of American Indian Heirship	p. 45
Reservation Life
Cowboys on the Reservation: The Growth of Rodeo as a Lakota National Pastime	p. 87
The Sioux and the Indian-CCC	p. 102
The Diaries of a Day-school Teacher: Daily Realities on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, 1932-1942	p. 118
Health on the Reservation
James R. Walker's Campaign against Tuberculosis on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation	p. 141
Power and Powerlessness: The People of the Canton Asylum for Insane Indians	p. 157
Changes in Government Policy
Tribal Populations in Transition: Sioux Reservations and Federal Policy, 1934-1965	p. 179
Removing the Yoke of Government: E. Y. Berry and the Origins of Indian Termination Policy	p. 204
"We lost our way of living": The Inundation of the White Swan Community	p. 223
Confrontation and Radical Action
Spontaneous Combustion: Prelude to Wounded Knee 1973	p. 257
The Red Power Movement and the Yankton Sioux Industries Pork-processing Plant Takeovers of 1975	p. 271
Afterword	p. 301
Contributors	p. 305
Index	p. 307
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