A Public Health Approach to Suicide Attempts on a Sioux Reservation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Betty J. Claymore
American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, vol. 1, no. 3, March 1988, pp. 19-24
Description
Study provides baseline data to be used for intervention in reducing suicide attempts and to prepare a profile of suicide attempters.
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Rape Cases on Indian Lands Go Uninvestigated

Alternate Title
All Things Considered
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Laura Sullivan
Rhea Archambault
Description
Comments on an uninvestigated and unprosecuted sexual assault and resulting death. Podcast and transcript. Duration: 12:51. Part 1 of 2.
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[Reclaiming Native American Cultures: Proceedings of the Native American Symposium]: Part Three: Native American History and Mythology

Alternate Title
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929
Native American Symposium ; 2nd, 1997
Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth
E-Books » Chapters
Author/Creator
Ginger R. Davis
Carlon Andre
Carole McAllister
Description
John Collier and the Controversial Resignation of Indian Commissioner Charles Burke, 1921-1929 by Ginger R. Davis examines the federal Native American policy, and Burke's assimilationist policy and the end of his administration. Reclaiming the Feminine in the Chitimacha Creation Myth by Carlon Andre and Carole McAllister discusses ways in which French influence altered and disturbed Chitimacha of Louisiana's oral traditions.
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Reflections on End of Life: Comparison of American Indian and Non-Indian Peoples in South Dakota

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Susan L. Schrader
Margot L. Nelson
and Luann M. Eidsness
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 33, no. 2, 2009, pp. 67-87
Description
Study brings into greater clarity the end of life (EOL) wishes of American Indians residing in South Dakota and compares those perspectives with non-Indian residents.
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Reflections on the Black Hills Claim

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Vine Deloria
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 33-38
Description
Examines the problems involved in resolving the Black Hills land claim between the United States government and the Sioux Nation.
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Remembering the Forgotten Minority: An Analysis of American Indian Employment Patterns in State and Local Government, 1991–2011

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Valerie H. Hunt
Melissa A. Taylor
and Daniel “Ramon” Cox
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 43, no. 1, 2019, pp. 31-54
Description
Study analyzes 24 years of US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission data (1991-2015) from eight states to examine the degree to which Indigenous people are overrepresented in the lower paying, less desirable, non-managerial, public sector positions in local and state government bureaucracies and underrepresented in the more desirable, better paying, managerial positions.
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Renaming the Indians: State-Sponsored Legibility through Permanent Family Surnames among the Sisseton and Wahpeton at Lake Traverse, 1903

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Joseph Paul Brewer
Stephen L. Egbert
Paula I. Smith
Dory Tuininga
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 40, no. 3, 2016, pp. 47-66
Description
Case study describes political figures involved in the movement, their motivations, and how they created the templates used to implement the program.
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Renwick - For Urban Shaman

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Loren Roberts
ConunDrumOnline, vol. 3, June 2006, p. [?]
Description
Discusses Arthur Renwick's exhibit featuring wildlife and landscape photographs.
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Rezonomics

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Ralf Kracke-Berndorff
Raul Paz Patrana
David Bartecchi
Description
Interviews various residents on the Pine Ridge reservation about what they do to survive on the reservation. Duration: 51:34.
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Rising Tide of Cardiovascular Disease in American Indians: The Strong Heart Study

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Barbara V. Howard
PhD; Elisa T. Lee
PhD; Linda D. Cowan
PhD; Richard B. Devereux
MD; James M. Galloway
MD; Oscar T. Go
PhD; William James Howard
MD; Everett R. Rhoades
MD; David C. Robbins
MD; Maurice L. Sievers
MD; Thomas K. Welty
MD
Circulation, vol. 99, May 11, 1999, pp. 2389-2395
Description
Findings about heart disease (CVD) and risk factors in 13 Native American communities in Arizona, Oklahoma, and South/North Dakota.
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Rosebud Sioux: A Lakota People Seen in Transition

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
Debra Utacia Krol
Native Peoples, vol. 21, no. 5, September/October 2008, pp. 58-60
Description
Book review of: Rosebud Sioux by Claes H. Jacobson, a compilation of the photographs of John A. Anderson (1869-1948) and modern pictures of the descendants of the original sitters.
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Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples 157: Little Wound School, Kyle, South Dakota

Alternate Title
Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples - Transcriptions of Public Hearings and Round Table Discussions
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Georges Erasmus
Description
RCAP 157 contains a transcript of a Special Consultation sitting of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples at the Little Wound School, in Kyle, South Dakota, United States of America. Commissioner Georges Erasmus explains the purpose of the Commission's visit to the Lakota as addressing cross-border issues for peoples like the Dakota-Lakota-Nakota whose territory lies on both sides of the Canada-U.S. Boundary. Issues discussed include hunting, fishing, trapping, land, jurisdiction, the Jay Treaty and mobility rights, and other issues of international significance.
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S. 705: In the Senate of the United States

Alternate Title
S.705: In the Senate of the United States: the Bradley Bill
Section 705: In the Senate of the United States
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Bill Bradley
Daniel Inouye
Claiborne Pell
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 4, no. 1, Spring, 1988, pp. 3-9
Description
Act outlines the rights of the Sioux Nation related to economic development, self-determination, traditional religion, and preserving the sacred Black Hills.
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Sacajawea

Alternate Title
[North American Indian Thought and Culture]
E-Books
Author/Creator
Harold P. Howard
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The Sacred Sundance: The Transfer of a Ceremony

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Brian J. Francis
Description
Documentary explains the spiritual significance of the pipe, sweat lodge, four gates, tree of life and the other aspects of the dance. Duration: 69:22.
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Serotonergic Brainstem Abnormalities in Northern Plains Indians with the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Hannah C. Kinney
Leslie L. Randall
Lynn A. Sleeper
Marian Willinger
Richard A. Belliveay ... [et al.]
Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology, vol. 62, no. 11, November 2003, pp. 1178-1191
Description
Study tested the hypothesis that receptor binding abnormalities to the neurotransmitter serotonin (5-HT) was a factor in the high rate of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
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Sherry Red Owl, Stands at Dawn Woman

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Cheryl Crazy Bull
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 25, no. 4, Nation Building, Summer, 2014
Description
Comments on the educational leadership journey of Sherry Red Owl to advance tribal sovereignty in education.
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Sinte Gleska Develops Master's in Management

Articles » General
Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education, vol. 17, no. 1, Telling Our Stories, Fall, 2005
Description
Discussion of program at Sinte Gleska University (Rosebud, S.D.) which hoped to award diplomas to the first group of management graduates in 2008.
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The Sioux in South Dakota History

Book Reviews
Author/Creator
James V. Fenelon
Wicazo Sa Review, vol. 24, no. 1, Spring, 2009, pp. 126-129
Description
Book review of: The Sioux in South Dakota History by Richmond L. Clow.
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A Sioux Medicine Bundle

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Sidney J. Thomas
American Anthropologist, vol. 43, no. 4, pt. 1, New Series, October-December 1941, pp. 605-609
Description
Describes the White Buffalo Calf bundle at the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation and names ten generations of keepers.
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Smoke-Free Workplace Policy: Unintended Consequences at Northern Plains Reservations

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Felicia Schanche Hodge
American Indian Culture and Research Journal, vol. 41, no. 1, 2017, pp. 33-46
Description
Reports on results of focus group discussions with 51 Ojibwe, Sioux and Winnegabo participants. Found that bans were unpopular and widely resisted due to sense of freedom associated with smoking, lenient attitudes, culture-bound perceptions, and receiving mixed messages.
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Sociocultural Perspective on Organ and Tissue Donation Among Reservation-Dwelling American Indian Adults

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Nancy L. Fahrenwald
Wendy Stabnow
Ethnicity and Health, vol. 10, no. 4, November 2005, pp. 341-354
Description
Study based on information gathered from Oglala Lakota Souix participants from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota found two personal themes and three environmental emerged with regard to tissue donation.
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Sociological IMAGES: What is "Indian Art"?

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Gwen Sharp
Lisa Wade
Contexts, vol. 9, no. 3, Thrill Ride! Sex Over the Life Course, Summer, 2010, pp. 76-77
Description
Describes the term "Indian art" to include the background of the artist as well as the artistic product with an identifiable style and set of themes.
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Some Sign Will Be Seen: The Aurora Borealis at Black Elk’s Death

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Mark Hollabaugh
Great Plains Quarterly, vol. 39, no. 1, Winter, January 10, 2019, pp. 1-10
Description
Article examines the eyewitness accounts of profound aurora borealis displays on the night of Black Elk’s death (August 19, 1950) in the context of scientific and astronomical reports. Considers the narrative in within the framework of ethnoastronomy which combines scientific accounts with eyewitness reports and interpreting the meaning of an event through a cultural lens.
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The Spirit of Annie Mae

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Catherine Anne Martin
Kent Martin
Angela Baker
Description
Documentary about Anne Mae Pictou Aquash, activist and American Indian Movement member, who was found murdered in South Dakota. Duration: 73:27.
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Spirometry Reference Values for American Indian Adults

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
M. Susan Marion
Gary R. Leonardson
Everett R. Rhoades
Thomas K. Welty
Paul L. Enright
Chest, vol. 120, no. 2, August 2001, pp. 489-495
Description
Describes the study done on screening for pulmonary disease through comparison of Native American and non-Native Americans, aged 45-74.
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Standing with Standing Rock: Voices from the #NoDAPL Movement

E-Books
Author/Creator
Nick Estes
Jaskiran Dhillon
Kim TallBear
Mark K. Tilsen
David Archambault II
Craig Howe ...
Edward Valandra ...
Michelle L. Cook
Andrew Curley
Layli Long Soldier ...
Anna Spice ...
Sandy Grande
Natalie Avalos
Christopher Newell
endawnis Spears ...
Teresa Montoya
Marcella Gilbert
Sarah Sunshine Manning ...
Michelle Latimer ...
Joel Waters
David Uahikeaikalei'ohu Maile ... [et al.]
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