STUDENT'S READING LIST
 

Aliki. Wild and Woolly Mammoths. New York: HarperCollins, 1996. The story of these giant mammals is told in words and pictures.

Childress, Diana. Prehistoric People of North America. New York: Chelsea Juniors, 1997. Childress describes how archaeologists have learned about the past in order to assemble a picture of prehistoric American Indian life.

Duke, Kate. Archaeologists Dig for Clues. New York: HarperCollins, 1997. Thirty-two colorful pages explore archaeology for young readers.

Lauber, Patricia. Who Discovered America?: Settlers and Explorers of the New World before the Time of Columbus. New York: Random House, 1970. Lauber provides information on the settling of America before Columbus.

Meierhenry, Mark, and David Volk. The Mystery of the Round Rocks. Illustrated by Jason Folkerts. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2007. This children’s book explores the early geologic history of South Dakota and the Great Plains.

Montileaux, Donald F. Muskrat and Skunk/Sinkpe Na Maka: A Lakota Drum Story. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2017. This illustrated version of a Lakota story is presented in both English and Lakota.

Montileaux, Donald F. Tasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2014. This illustrated version of a Lakota legend is presented in both English and Lakota.

Montileaux, Donald F. Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2006. A Lakota creation story is presented here in both Lakota and English.

Snow, Dean R. The Archaeology of North America. New York: Chelsea House, 1989. This book explores American Indians through their own stories and through archaeology.

South Dakota Writers' Project, Work Projects Administration, comp. Legends of the Mighty Sioux. Illus. Oscar Howe. 1941. Reprint ed. Interior, S.Dak.: Badlands Natural History Assoc., 1987. Oscar Howe’s illustrations enhance this collection of stories from the Dakota, Nakota, Lakota oral tradition.

Standing Bear, Luther. Stories of the Sioux. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1934. A Lakota author compiled this collection of stories from the Sioux oral tradition.

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