TEACHER'S READING LIST
 

Alex, Lynn M. "Prehistoric and Early Historic Farming and Settlement Patterns," South Dakota History 13 (Spring/Summer 1983): 4-21. An archaeologist discusses the earliest farmers in South Dakota.

Cash, Joseph, and Gerald W. Wolff. The Three Affiliated Tribes. Phoenix, Ariz.: Indian Tribal Series, 1974. The Three Affiliated Tribes discusses the history of the Mandan, Arikara, and Hidatsa tribes.

Cassells, E. Steve. Prehistoric Hunters of the Black Hills. Boulder, Colo.: Johnson Books, 1986. Cassells focuses his archaeological study in the Black Hills area.

Cheney, Roberta Carkeek. A Sioux Wintercount: A 131-year Calendar of Events. Happy Camp, Calif.: Naturegraph, 1998. Each winter count is unique. This book interprets what is known as the Big Missouri Winter Count.

Fagan, Brian M. The Little Ice Age: How Climate Made History, 1300-1850. New York, N.Y.: Basic Books, 2000. This book goes through climatic changes from the medieval to the modern era.

Frison, George C. Prehistoric Hunters of the High Plains. New York: Academic Press, 1978. Frison discusses the Indians of North America and hunting on the Great Plains.

Huck, Barbara. Exploring the Fur Trade Routes of North America. Winnipeg, Can.: Heartland, 2000. Huck explores the highways that opened a continent.

Jennings, Jesse D. Prehistory of North America. New York: McGraw-Hill, 1968. Jennings provides a practical overview of archaeological findings relating to various cultures.

Keyser, James D., and Linea Sundstrom. Rock Art of Western South Dakota: The North Cave Hills and the Southern Black Hills. N.p.: South Dakota Archaeological Society, 1984. Keyser and Sundstrom analyze the petroglyphs found in South Dakota.

LaPointe, James. Legends of the Lakota. Illus. Louis Amiotte. San Francisco: Indian Historian Press, 1976. A generous collection of Lakota stories is well illustrated by Lakota artist Louis Amiotte.

Nelson, Lisa W. Mammoth Graveyard: A Treasure Trove of Clues to the Past. Flagstaff, Ariz.: Northern Arizona University Press, 1997. The Mammoth Site in Hot Springs is featured in this book.

Parks, Douglas R. Traditional Narratives of the Arikara Indians. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1996. Parks offers a selection of stories from the Arikara oral tradition.

Walker, James R. Lakota Society. Ed. Raymond J. DeMallie. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1982. This book offers a thorough study of Lakota society as well as a good discussion of time and history from the Lakota perspective.

Zimmerman, Larry J. Peoples of Prehistoric South Dakota. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1985. South Dakota archaeology and early peoples are skillfully handled in this slim volume.