This report covers topics relating to U.S. government relations with Native peoples focusing on the 1930s. Topics covered include: Indian wardship, treaty provisions, and citizenship.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This pamphlet was used to teach the written Dakota alphabet, grammar and penmanship. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Outline of the life of Saint Paul the Apostle in the Dakota language excerpted and translated from Hurlbut and Vincent's Biblical Atlas. Includes maps of Paul's travels. 62 pages. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: BS2505.A3 H8
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Prior to the arrival of the Benedictines in the summer of 1856, Father Francis Pierz was in charge of the missionary work among the Native Americans for the Diocese of St. Paul. He also promoted German immigration in central Minnesota. Includes an account of the Dakota War in 1862.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
This book is an account of Minnie Buce Carrigan's captivity among the Sioux after the 1862 uprising and her subsequent experience as an orphan. Several other survivors, including Samuel Reyff, J.G. Lane, Mrs. Inefeldt, and Minnie Krieger, relate their own experiences in a final section of the book.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
This pamphlet includes Christian spiritual lessons and the Lord's Prayer in Dakota. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This pamphlet is an outline of the life of Jesus Christ in Dakota. This is the second edition of this text. It includes a preface in English and nine hand-drawn maps relating to the life of Jesus Christ. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This pamphlet was used to educate Dakota people about Tuberculosis. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This document is a sermon in Dakota preaching against the traditional use of tobacco and giving warnings about the end times. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Catholic prayers, instructions, and hymns in the Dakota language, with music. Includes 26 hymns, most of which include the melody notated in treble clef. Illustrated with engravings. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024 .H75 1899
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
Bible history, criticism, interpretation, and stories in the Dakota Indian language, illustrated with engravings. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: PM1024 .H8
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
This pamphlet was created to teach students at the Santee Normal Training about the care of horses. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This pamphlet, in the Dakota language, includes two pieces. The first is a brief biography of Abraham Lincoln, and the second is a translation of seven of Aesop's Fables into Dakota. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Monsignor Augustin Ravoux's life and work as a missionary to the Dakota in Minnesota from 1841-1844. Book signed by author and given to Fr. Agatho, O.S.B. at Saint John's.
Contributing Institution:
College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University
This pamphlet includes the constitution and by-laws of the Society of Christian Endeavor in Dakota and English. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This short tract in the Dakota language describes the American Bible Society, founded in 1816. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
This is an elementary geography textbook in the Dakota language. It focuses on North America but includes sections on Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and a geography of ""bible lands.""
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
A selection from the Book of Common Prayer and liturgies of the Protestant Episcopal Church. In English and Dakota language (Santee dialect) on opposite pages with pages numbered in duplicate. University of St. Thomas, Archibishop Ireland Memorial Library call number: BV175 .S46
Contributing Institution:
University of St. Thomas - Archbishop Ireland Memorial Library
A classroom instruction tool, this 24 page wall scroll uses images, alphabet letters, words and phrases in the Dakota language to teach math functions and reading. This item was designed to hang on the classroom wall.
Contributing Institution:
Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)