Extra's Page 3:
Books
Here are a
selection of books that I think you will find interesting,
especially if you didn't know the history of 1862 before
the Ride. If you click on the pictures you will be taken
to Amazon.com and the book's page. There you will find more
details and the price of the book. I would suggest you buy
the secondhand copy unless you want to show the book off.
I have added
a sentence under each recommendation if I have read the
book. There are other books but I don't feel they are a
true story of the 6 weeks, but slanted towards shock, so
I am not including those books.
These books
are about people's lives, people who lived and died during
this history. I hope you find one that you find educational.
- Gloria Hazell Derby
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Through
Dakota Eyes
edited
by Gary Clayton Anderson
and Alan R. Woolworth.
This book has some wonderful
narratives from the very people who were caught up in the
middle of the uprising in Minnesota in 1862. The author
does a good job of explaining how the book is laid out.
You definitely need to read the intro to understand this.
While I was reading the book, I felt as though I was there
in the middle of it with all those involved. I don't excuse
what was done, but I have a better understanding of what
horrors the indians went through that drove them to this
place. I would definitely recommend this book. By
Shelley Yeager
Paperback - 316 pages
Minnesota Historical Society; ISBN: 0873512162
I too would recommend
this book it has first hand narratives from people such
as Big Eagle, Samuel J. Brown, Charles R. Crawford, and
Taopi. This book gives accounts from the Dakota people who
were there at the time. It continues each person's story
through different chapters which deal with various time
lines in the War. For instance Big Eagle gave a full account
of the whole 6 weeks, part of which is used in this book.
This is one of the first books I read on the 6 week war,
back in the the late 1980's . . -
Gloria Hazell-Derby
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Six
Weeks in the Sioux Teepees
by Sarah F. Wakefield
Such a
lesson about the force of mass mentality on both sides of
the Dakota Uprising, the white settlers and army so unfair
in the historical perspective. Both the author and her captor,
Chaska, had the courage to think for themselves and respect
each other as individuals. They are heroes in my eyes and
an inspiration, despite the tragedy. Well written first person
account. By kbester
Paperback
and hardback
ISBN-10: 0806134313
ISBN-13: 978-0806134314
I first
learned about this book while working on the Reconcilliation
Committee back in the 90's in Morton. Two of us (both white
women as Sarah had been) tried to get a pardon for Chaske
from President Clinton, but we didn't manage it. Had we managed
it we would have tried for a pardon for tham all.. Gloria
Hazell-Derby
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The Dakota
Prisoner of War Letters: Dakota Kaskapi Okicize Wowapi
by Clifford Canku
Enjoyed this book as
it is part of my history. Still reading it, as it is translated
in Dakota, Dakota English and English. This is a part of
history that I did not know about the other 276 being sent
to Camp Kearney and Camp McClellem. People who do not know
about the 38 +2 Dakotah men who were hung the day after
Christmas in Minnesota need to read the history. So many
of our people were displaced to Lower Brule, Sisseton, Yankton
and Santee Reservations. The homeland of our people is Minnesota.
As a young person I used to wonder why there were so many
streets and places in Minnesota with Dakotah names. It wasn't
until 1992 when I saw the video on PBS, "The Dakota
Conflict". A light bulb went off in my head when they
mentioned stuffing grass down the agent's mouth. I was only
4 years old when my grandmother told all of us about this.
You see my ancestors were hungry and the Agent said they
could eat their own dung or grass. I'm wopida tanka to Clifford
Canku and others for taking on the task of translating these
letters. It will help many of us to take time in learning
our language. Again I thank Clifford Canku for bringing
a part of history I knew nothing about. I don't know if
my 2nd great grandfather and grandmother went to these camps.
Their names are Hus'te and Oicobe. Sincerely, Gerri GrosVenor
Paperback: 224 pages.
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society Press; 1 edition
(March 1, 2013)
ISBN-10: 087351873X ISBN-13: 978-0873518734
I only recently got
this book but it is, I feel, very powerful to be able to
read these letters. I know you will get a lot from them.
Gloria Hazell-Derby
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Little Crow:
Spokesman For The Sioux
by Gary Clayton Anderson
I live in the city of
Hutchinson, MN in McLeod County. Six miles north of this
city is a marker identifying the site where Little Crow
was shot by a local farmer. The farmer had no idea who he
was shooting at, just that it was an Indian and he would
collect a bounty for his scalp.
Our city has a bronze statue of Little Crow looking out
over the Crow River near the dam on the Main Street. Up
until the time that I read this book, that summed up most
of what I knew of Little Crow, the Sioux legend. We choose
to drop the name Sioux that was given this people by our
own ancestors, the Ojibwe. In our language it means "Snake".
Their word for themselves is Dakota. It means "Friend".
Now I feel as though I know him as a man. I know of his
character, his integrity, his family, his people. I know
a great wrong was done.
At the present time there is a group of people involved
in planning and hosting a reconciliation and restitution
concerning the events that touched this city in regards
to Taoyateduta (Little Crow) and his people. A direct descendant
of Taoyateduta (meaning His Red Nation) and a direct descendant
of the man who shot him will be part of the event, asking
forgiveness of one another. It is never too late to say,
"I'm sorry. Will you forgive?"
This book has been instrumental in opening the door to the
healing of this ancient wound that is still alive in many
hearts. By A Customer
I added that recommendetion
because of the healing that had taken place in this person.
I learned about Little Crow before I came to MN, I learned
that he had a physical disability, and that he was a very
clever man. I got this book in the early 90's and enjoyed
reading about him. I have visited his grave in Flandreau
many times, smoking Pipe there in ceremony a number of times.
- Gloria Hazell-Derby
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The
Sioux Uprising of 1862
by Kenneth
Carley
Also known
as the Dakota Conflict and the Dakota War of 1862, this bloody
and tragic episode in Minnesota's history was one of a series
of Indian wars on the Northern Plains that did not end until
1890 with the infamous Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota.
This
book is out of print now but you can get used copies from
$4.00 from the Amazon site.
Paperback
- 102 pages (December 1976) Minnesota Historical Society;
ISBN: 0873511034
I have
used this book a lot over the years for photos and information,
not as informative as 'Through Dakota Eyes' I still think
it is one worth having, especially at the used books price
of today - Gloria Hazell-Derby
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History
of the Santee Sioux: United States Indian Policy on Trial
by Roy W.
Meyer
I found this book to be very informative. It gave great accounts
from both sides (Indian and non-indian). It follows the Santee
Sioux history starting with accounts from explorers who encountered
these wonderful people, to the Sioux Uprising, to their exile
from their land, to the present day. You will find yourself
unable to put this book down. By Shelley Yeager
Paperback
- 471 pages. Publisher: Univ of Nebraska Pr; Revised edition
(September 1993) ISBN: 0803282036
One of
the first books I read on the Santee back in the 80's. I found
it to be very good. It's good to have a copy around if you
want to do research. - Gloria Hazell-Derby
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Beloved Child
- A Dakota Way of Life
by Diane Wilson
What a moving book this
is. Diane has chapters from several people who have given
their stories, including Clifford Canku and Gabrielle Tateyuskanskan
Far greater
even than the loss of land, or the relentless coercion to
surrender cultural traditions, the deaths of over six hundred
children by the spring of 1864 were an unbearable tragedy.
Nearly one hundred and fifty years after the U.S.Dakota
War of 1862, Dakota people are still struggling with the
effects of this unimaginable loss.
Hardcover: 224 pages.
Publisher: Borealis Books; 1 edition (September 1, 2011)
ISBN-10: 0873518268 ISBN-13: 978-0873518260
I have known Diane for
a number of years, and I got this book a while ago but never
read it... until later. I was blown away by it. The way
Diane writes educates on a different level, on an emotional
plane for those of us who have had children. I think if
this book is read by the younger generation it may give
them hope. With the suicide rate being so high, we shake
our heads in disbelief, with a sense of helplessness. If
the old ways of caring for our children is once again followed,
these young people would feel better about themselves. Traditional
ways were there for reasons, they covered all aspects of
life, a good life, for all members of the Tiospaye, Oyate,
or Community. Children were Beloved, they knew they were,
and so acted accordingly. Those ways should come back..
Thank you Diane for writing such a compelling book - Gloria
Hazell-Derby
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A
Dakota-English Dictionary (Borealis Books)
by Stephen
Return Riggs, James Owen Dorsey, Carolynn I. Schommer
Paperback - 665 pages Reprint edition (Oct 1992) Minnesota
Historical Society; ISBN: 0873512820
We used
this and the following book in the Little Feather Center
in Pipestone. They are both written by the missionaries,
Stephen Riggs, and John Williamson, who were with the Dakota
during the Conflict. Both of these men were respected by
the Dakota as they allowed them to keep their own culture,
yet taught them skills which would take them into the 20th
century.
Instead
of forcing the Santee to learn the Bible in English, they
translated it into Dakota. These two men were unique in
their understanding of the Dakota culture and spirituality.
Gloria Hazell-Derby
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An
English-Dakota Dictionary (Borealis Books)
by John P. Williamson, Carolynn I. Schommer
Paperback - 264 pages Reprint edition (Oct 1992) Minnesota
Historical Society; ISBN: 0873512839
Please
see the above description.- Gloria
There
is also a Dakota Grammar book out now, (2004) by Stephen
R. Riggs
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Videos
and DVD's
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The Dakota
Conflict (The 1862 Great Sioux Uprising)
Garrison Keillor (Actor),
Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Actor)
[VHS] (1993)
Format: VHS Tape
Quite expensive now
even used copies from Amazon.. New from $47.77. Used from
$38.36
I found this video to
be very good. I believe there is a copy in the Little Feather
Center, in Pipestone, or there was. - Gloria Hazell-Derby
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Dakota 38
I couldn't end this
page without putting the DVD on here.
Smooth Feather Productions
have copies Free all you need to do is ask for one.
Smooth
Feather Productions
Also available to be
seen on YouTube
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