| Rosebud Sioux Contributor(s): Sprague, Donovin Arleigh (Author) |
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ISBN: 0738534471 ISBN-13: 9780738534473 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2005 Annotation: The Sicangu (burnt thighs) received their name when some of the Lakota peoples' legs were burned in a great prairie fire. The French later named them Brule, and two large groups of the band would be settled on two reservations, Rosebud and Lower Brule in South Dakota. Author Donovin Sprague examines the history of the Rosebud Sioux through a collection of photographs and personal family interviews. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Midwest(ia,il,in,ks,mi,mn,mo,nd,ne,oh,sd,wi - Photography | Subjects & Themes - Regional (see Also Travel - Pictorials) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies |
| Dewey: 978.338 |
| LCCN: 2005924980 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.34" H x 6.66" W x 9.22" (0.66 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Geographic Orientation - South Dakota - Ethnic Orientation - Native American |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Sicangu (burnt thighs) received their name when some of the Lakota peoples legs were burned in a great prairie fire. The French later named them Brule, and two large groups of the band would be settled on two reservations, Rosebud and Lower Brule in South Dakota. Author Donovin Sprague examines the history of the Rosebud Sioux through a collection of photographs and personal family interviews." |
Contributor Bio(s): Sprague, Donovin Arleigh: - Donovin Sprague is an author and historian. He is also an instructor at Oglala Lakota College and Black Hills State University, and Director of Education at Crazy Horse Memorial, all in South Dakota. A descendant of Chief Hump, and family descendant of Chief Crazy Horse, he is an enrolled tribal member of the Cheyenne River Sioux. He has written three other books for the Images of America series: Cheyenne River Sioux (2003), Standing Rock Sioux (2004), and Pine Ridge Reservation (2004). |