TEACHER'S READING LIST
 

Anderson, Gary Clayton. Gabriel Renville: From the Dakota War to the Creation of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Reservation, 1825–1892. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2018. This book looks at the life of a leader of the peace faction during the United States-Dakota War of 1862.

Anderson, William T. Laura Ingalls Wilder Country. New York: HarperPerennial, 1990. This richly illustrated volume gives real-life views of the people and places in Wilder’s life and books.

Blackthunder, Elijah, et al. Ehanna Woyakapi: History and Culture of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. Sisseton, S.Dak.: Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe, 1975. Sioux culture and the Dakota Conflict of 1862 are explored from a Sioux perspective.

Collins, Mary C. "Autobiography of Mary C. Collins, Missionary to the Western Sioux." Ed. Richmond L. Clow. South Dakota Historical Collections 41 (1982): 1-64. The editor’s valuable background information supplements Mary Collins’s self-told story.

Griffith, T. D. America’s Shrine to Democracy: A Pictorial History. Rapid City, S.Dak.: Mount Rushmore National Memorial Society, 1990. This commemoration of the memorial’s fiftieth anniversary includes Doane Robinson’s role in its creation.

Hill, Pamela Smith. Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer’s Life. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2007. This historical-literary biography of the author of the Little House series explores the complex relationships that influenced her writing.

Hoover, Herbert T., and Larry J. Zimmerman. South Dakota Leaders. Vermillion: University of South Dakota Press, 1989. In-depth studies of important individuals, including Spotted Tail, Sitting Bull, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Doane Robinson, and Niels Hansen, comprise this book.

Hyde, George E. Spotted Tail’s Folk: History of the Brulé Sioux. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1976. Hyde provides the definitive history of the Brulé (Sicangu) Sioux.

Jensen, Richard E., R. Eli Paul, and John E. Carter. Eyewitness at Wounded Knee. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1991. Historical photographs and eyewitness accounts bring this episode to life.

Koupal, Nancy Tystad, ed. Pioneer Girl Perspectives: Exploring Laura Ingalls Wilder. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2017. The essays in this collection delve into the numerous facets of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s life and work.

Miller, John E. Laura Ingalls Wilder’s Little Town: Where History and Literature Meet. Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 1994. Miller focuses on events that shaped the writing of Laura Ingalls Wilder.

Riggs, Thomas L. As told to Margaret Kellogg Howard. Sunset to Sunset: A Lifetime with my Brothers, the Dakotas. Pierre, S.Dak.: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 1997. The pioneering missionary of central South Dakota tells his own story of Oahe Mission.

Schuler, Harold H. Fort Sisseton. Sioux Falls, S.Dak.: Augustana College, Center for Western Studies, 1996. The author presents a complete history of the United States military post.

Taylor, Mrs. H. J. "To Plant the Prairies and the Plains: The Life and Work of Niels Ebbesen Hansen." South Dakota Historical Collections 21 (1942): 185-289. Taylor details the scientist’s contributions to agriculture.

Wilder, Laura Ingalls. Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography. Pierre: South Dakota Historical Society Press, 2014. The first-ever publication of Laura Ingalls Wilder’s autobiography includes detailed annotations that put her life and writings into historical context.

Yankton County Historical Society. Yankton County History, South Dakota. Dallas, Tex.: Curtis Media Corp., 1987. Todd’s role in early Dakota can be found in early chapters.