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Narrated with intense honesty, this autobiography of Mark Monroe, a Lakota Sioux Indian, is a story of courage, faith, and determination, and a rare opportunity to witness the life of a contemporary American Indian. Despite lifelong confrontations with violence, racism, and personal hardship-alcoholism, family deaths, illness, poverty, and unemployment-Mark Monroe has worked to instill ethnic p...

Its 1876, and 20-year-old Mattie Flynn is determined to make a fresh start after fleeing from her sinister boss in the gambling house where she was employed as a singer. Mattie travels to Deadwood, South Dakota, in search of her younger brother, who went ahead of her in hopes of making a fortune in the gold mines. All Mattie wants is a safe and respectable life for the two of them, but that doe...

Based on interviews and life histories collected over more than twenty-five years of study on the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, Marla N. Powers conveys what it means to be an Oglala woman. Despite the myth of the Euramerican that sees Oglala women as inferior to men, and the Lakota myth that seems them as superior, in reality, Powers argues, the roles of male and female emerge as comp...

Explore the Black Hills of South Dakota with Tourist Town GuidesR. Revised and updated, use this guide to discover the striking natural beauty, abundant wildlife and many attractions that the Hills have to offer, including: the best area attractions, top dining and shopping choices, the Badlands unique landscape, and more!From iconic Mount Rushmore to the historic Mammoth Site, use this guide t...

When their father unexpectedly commits suicide, his two daughters receive a mysterious envelope containing three unusual items. First, a classical poem called The Tree of Pan: A Sonnet, which recalls the death of that mythical creature. The second, a narrative entitled Cain and Abel: A Sketch, compares the legendary Biblical brothers to two boys whom their father knew on a farm in South Dakota ...

Though Dixie Sullivan knew it was Gods plan that she come to the beautiful South Dakota woodlands to open a retreat lodge, shed never felt more alone or underqualified. Until God provided help in the form of a stray Border collie and a handsome cowboy. But Erik Wheeler was anything but an angel as he stormed into Dixies orderly life with the force of a tornado. Dixie could see skepticism in her...

In the mid-1960s, Winberg Chai, a young academic and the son of Chinese immigrants, married an Irish-American artist. In Hapa Girl (hapa is Hawaiian for mixed) their daughter tells the story of this loving family as they moved from Southern California to New York to a South Dakota farm by the 1980s. In their new Midwestern home, the family finds itself the object of unwelcome attention, which s...

A collection of letters describing the day-to-day work and experiences of a doctor at the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota during the mid-1950s.

The portrait of how a small, South Dakota community is shaped by the disappearance of a young woman, told in chapters that focus on one member at a time.

Astrid Bjorklund is on the Red Bud Indian Reservation in South Dakota trying to stop the horrific epidemic that is ravaging the tribe. The elders are suspicious of her, but when they see some of their people beginning to recover, they allow Astrid to continue caring for the sick and to train others to help. She is overwhelmed by this need so close to home and wonders if this is the mission fiel...