Books and pamphlets, including Dakota translations of the treaties, printed by the students and staff at Santee Normal. This mission school was unique because it operated in Dakota, despite the federal ban on Native language instruction.
Video interviews produced through a variety of projects and archived exclusively at Sitting Bull College. These include a 2016 project led by Gabe Black Moon; a 1994 effort by Earl Bullhead; and others.
Between 1911 and 1914, Elders recorded songs for us from every aspect of their life: ceremony, social dances, war, love, dreams… These were collected on wax cylinder by Frances Densmore.
In this late 1990s multi-institutional project, Elders from Cheyenne River and Standing Rock video-record memories of growing up and the families they come from.
