Topic: American Indians / Physical Format: Pamphlets / Date Created: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1880">1880</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1884">1884</span>

Creator:: Dickinson, S. W.
Date Created:: 1880 - 1890
Description:: 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.)
Type:: Text
Format:: Pamphlets

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