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COLLECTION SUMMARY
Title:
Virginia
Driving Hawk Sneve papers
Dates:
1887-1999,
[n.d.] (bulk 1970-1997)
Creator:
Virginia
Driving Hawk Sneve
Physical
Description:
9.34 linear feet—17 containers, 76 photographs, 11
slides, 6 audio cassettes, 2 audio reels, 2 video cassettes
Collection number:
MA
19
Language:
Collection
material in English.
Repository:
South
Dakota State University Archives, Hilton M. Briggs Library, South Dakota
State University, Brookings, S.D.
Abstract:
Collection
is composed of manuscripts of books and articles written by Sneve, as
well as research materials from the books and correspondence from both
publishers and fans. General items related to Sneve’s career and hard
cover copies of many of her books are also included.
ADMINISTRATIVE
INFORMATION
Provenance:
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve donated her manuscript and book collection
to the archives in 1982. South Dakota State University Archives
received additions to this donation in 1998 and 1999.
Access Restrictions:
This collection is open to research.
Items in this collection do
not circulate and may be used in-house only.
Virginia Driving Hawk
Sneve retains the literary rights, including copyright, to this
material. Patrons wishing to publish from this material must obtain
permission directly from Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve. For further
information, consult the staff.
Copyright Status:
Copyright 2008 by South Dakota State University and SDSU Archives.
Please credit the SDSU Archives if you copy or reproduce material from
this finding aid.
It is the
responsibility of anyone reproducing material to determine the copyright
holders and obtain permission from them if necessary. Archives staff
will provide available copyright information on request. Please note
that most collections, especially those received before 1997, may not
have complete information on file. (Revised 15 SEP 2003)
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item]. Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve papers, MA 19,
South Dakota State University Archives, South Dakota State University,
Brookings, S.D.
Processing
Information:
Care was taken to keep the files in the same general order that
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve maintained. Some material was removed to
other boxes due to inappropriate media for storage, such as photographs,
video cassettes, audio cassettes and reels, or oversize material.
This collection was
processed by Crystal J. Gamradt on 4 May 1999 with revisions on July 7,
2008 (cjg).
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
The following
terms have been used to index the description of this collection
in the subject guide.
They are grouped
by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by
occupation and listed alphabetically therein.
Persons:
Subjects:
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Dakota
Indians—Biography.
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Dakota
Indians—Juvenile fiction.
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Dakota
Indians—Legends.
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Dakota
Indians—Social life and customs.
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Dakota
Indians—Wars, 1862-1865—Juvenile fiction.
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Dakota
women—Biography.
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Dakota
women—History.
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Health
education—Juvenile literature.
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Indian
poetry—Collections.
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Indians of North
America—Captivities—Fiction.
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Indians of North
America—Fiction.
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Indians of North
America—Great Plains.
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Indians of North
America—Juvenile literature.
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Indians of North
America—Juvenile poetry.
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Names,
Geographical—South Dakota.
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South
Dakota—History.
BACKGROUND NOTE
Virginia Driving Hawk
Sneve (s-navy) was born on February 21, 1933 and raised on the Rosebud
Reservation in South Dakota. She in enrolled as a member of the Rosebud
Sioux Tribe. She attended Bureau of Indian Affairs day schools on the
reservation and graduated from St. Mary's Episcopal High School for
Indian Girls in Springfield, South Dakota in 1950.
Driving Hawk Sneve
attended South Dakota State University and graduated in 1954 with a
Bachelor of Science degree. After graduation, Driving Hawk Sneve taught
for a year in White, SD, teaching English and music. The next school
year she taught for only one semester at Pierre Junior High School in
Pierre, SD. From 1956 to 1964, Virginia made the decision to be a full
time homemaker and stayed at home to raise her three children. In 1965,
Virginia resumed teaching at Flandreau Indian School teaching English,
speech and drama. She eventually became a guidance counselor at the
Flandreau Indian School. During this time, she also worked to receive
her Master in Education degree from South Dakota State University, which
she received in 1969.
In 1971, Driving Hawk
Sneve made her first attempt at writing a juvenile fiction book. Her
first book was titled, "Jimmy Yellow Hawk." She entered the manuscript
for this work in a contest held by the Council on Interracial Books and
was the 1971 winner. After winning the award, publishing houses began
to contact her about publishing "Jimmy Yellow Hawk." She worked out her
own contract with Holiday House, which has handled all of her books of
juvenile fiction. In 1972, her first book, "Jimmy Yellow Hawk" and her
second book "High Elk's Treasure" were published by Holiday House.
In 1973, Driving Hawk
Sneve expanded her writings to include non-fiction. In that year,
Brevet Press of Sioux Falls, SD published "South Dakota Geographic
Names", which she edited, and "The Dakota's Heritage." She has
published more non-fiction, including her history of the Episcopal
Church in South Dakota.
Driving Hawk Sneve has
continued to write to the present time. Her impressive portfolio
includes adult fiction, non-fiction, short stories, articles,
editorials, and book introductions, in addition to her many works for
children. Among these works are the 1995 "Completing the Circle", and
"The First Americans Series" on native peoples of North America.
Driving Hawk Sneve has
been actively involved in public television. In 1977, her book, "The
Chichi Hoohoo Bogeyman" was dramatized for The Vegetable Soup Children's
Series. The American Public Broadcasting Consortium also made
Virginia’s second book, “High Elk’s Treasure”, into a one-hour
children’s drama. In 1980, she was a writer for the South Dakota
History Series produced by South Dakota Instructional Television. In
1981, she received a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting
to write a pilot for a proposed series, "I Am Different From My
Brother", a Native American Consortium.
Virginia is married to
Vance Sneve and resides in Rapid City, South Dakota.
SCOPE and CONTENTS
NOTE
This collection is
composed of manuscripts of books and articles written by Sneve, as well
as research materials from the books and correspondence from both
publishers and fans. General items related to Sneve’s career and hard
cover copies of many of her books are also included.
ARRANGEMENT of the
RECORDS
This collection is
arranged into three series:
SERIES I: Creative
Writings, 1887-1999
This series is
comprised of Driving Hawk Sneve's creative works, both fiction and
non-fiction. Each creative work may include clippings, correspondence,
manuscripts, printer's galleys, proofs, published books, research,
reviews, and scripts. The correspondence consists mainly of letters to
and from publishers and letters from school children thanking Sneve for
writing her book or for visiting their school. Some of these letters
include drawings by the school children. Many of the manuscripts are
edited and include comments or notes for improvements by the editor.
The research material includes notes, collected material and taped
interviews. A published book accompanies many of the titles. A video
of "High Elk's Treasure" is also included.
Folders are arranged
in alphabetical order by title.
Box 1.
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"American Indian
Princesses" : Correspondence, 1982-1987
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"American Indian
Princesses" : Manuscripts, [n.d.]
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"American Indian
Princesses" : Published (Country Living), 1987
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"American Indian
Princesses" : Research, [n.d.]
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"Betrayed" :
Manuscript, 1974
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"Betrayed" :
Research, 1973-1974
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"Betrayed" : Text
Correction Proof, [n.d.]
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"The Chichi Hoohoo
Bogeyman" : Book, 1975
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"The Chichi Hoohoo
Bogeyman" : General, 1974-1979
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"The Chichi Hoohoo
Bogeyman" : Revisions, [n.d.]
Box 2.
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"The Chichi Hoohoo
Bogeyman" : Script, 1977
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"Completing the
Circle" : Book (hardcover), 1995
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"Completing the
Circle" : Book (paperback), 1995
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"Completing the
Circle" : Charles Frazier Research, [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Characteristics of Wani (women?), 1986
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"Completing the
Circle" : Children of the Circle, 1975-1992
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"Completing the
Circle" : Clippings, 1991-1998
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"Completing the
Circle" : Correspondence, 1991-1998
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"Completing the
Circle" : Family Research, 1887-1986
Box 3.
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"Completing the
Circle" : French Research, [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Howe, Frazier, Ross Research, [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Jack Frazier Research, [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Lakota Research, [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Manuscript (edited), [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Manuscript (first draft), [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Manuscript (first submission), [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Missionary Research, [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Nordland Heritage Foundation Contribution, 1987
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"Completing the
Circle" : Ponca Research, [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Reservation Research, 1937-1978
Box 4.
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"Completing the
Circle" : Santee Research, [n.d.]
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"Completing the
Circle" : Women of the Circle Sources, 1985-1989
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"Completing the
Circle" : Women Research, 1985-1986
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"Dakota's
Heritage" : General, 1973
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"Dakota's
Heritage" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"Dakota's
Heritage" : Manuscript (first draft), 1973
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"Dakota's
Heritage" : Printer's Copy, [n.d.]
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"Dakota's
Heritage" : Research, 1974-1977
Box 5.
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"Dancing Teepees :
Poems of American Indian Youth" : Book, 1989
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"Dancing Teepees :
Poems of American Indian Youth" : Permissions, 1986-1990
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"Dried Corn" :
Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Apaches" : Book, 1997
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"First Americans
Series : The Apaches" : Correspondence, 1995-1996
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"First Americans
Series : The Apaches" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Apaches" : Research, 1991-1996
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"First Americans
Series : The Apaches" : Review, 1998
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"First Americans
Series" : Book-of-the-Month Club Catalog, 1994
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"First Americans
Series : The Cherokees" : Book, 1996
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"First Americans
Series : The Cherokees" : Correspondence, 1994-1996
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"First Americans
Series : The Cherokees" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Cherokees" : Review, 1996
Box 6.
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"First Americans
Series : The Cheyennes" : Book, 1996
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"First Americans
Series : The Cheyennes" : Correspondence, 1995-1996
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"First Americans
Series : The Cheyennes" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Cheyennes" : Research, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Cheyennes" : Review, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Hopis" : Book, 1995
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"First Americans
Series : The Hopis" : Correspondence, 1994-1995
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"First Americans
Series : The Hopis" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Hopis" : Research, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Hopis" : Review, 1995
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"First Americans
Series : The Iroquois" : Book, 1995
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"First Americans
Series : The Iroquois" : Correspondence, 1993-1997
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"First Americans
Series : The Iroquois" : Manuscript, 1995
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"First Americans
Series : The Iroquois" : Research, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Navajos" : Book, 1993
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"First Americans
Series : The Navajos" : Correspondence, 1992-1993
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"First Americans
Series : The Navajos" : Manuscript, 1993
Box 7.
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"First Americans
Series : The Navajos" : Research, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Nez Perce" : Correspondence, 1993-1994
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"First Americans
Series : The Nez Perce" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Nez Perce" : Research, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Seminoles" : Book, 1994
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"First Americans
Series : The Seminoles" : Correspondence, 1993-1994
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"First Americans
Series : The Seminoles" : Manuscript, 1994
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"First Americans
Series : The Seminoles" : Research, [n.d.]
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"First Americans
Series : The Sioux" : Book, 1993
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"First Americans
Series : The Sioux" : Correspondence, 1991-1993
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"First Americans
Series : The Sioux" : Manuscript, 1993
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"Grandpa Was a
Cowboy and an Indian" : Correspondence, 1975-1976
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"Grandpa Was a
Cowboy and an Indian" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"High Elk's
Treasure" : Book, 1972
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"High Elk's
Treasure" : Correspondence, 1971-1995
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"High Elk's
Treasure" : Manuscript (edited), [n.d.]
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"High Elk's
Treasure" : Manuscript (first draft), 1971
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"High Elk's
Treasure" : Research, [n.d.]
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"High Elk's
Treasure" : Reviews, 1972-1996
Box 8.
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"High Elk's
Treasure" : Script, 1983-1984
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"In Addition to
Brutality" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"Jimmy Yellow
Hawk" : Correspondence, 1970-1977
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"Jimmy Yellow
Hawk" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"Jimmy Yellow
Hawk" : Reviews, 1971-1973
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"The Medicine Bag"
: Book (Climb the Hill textbook), 1987
Box 9.
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"The Medicine Bag"
: Book (Climb the Hill workbook), 1987
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"The Medicine Bag"
: Book (More Encounters textbook), 1995
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"The Medicine Bag"
: Correspondence, 1973-1979
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"The Medicine Bag"
: Correspondence, 1980-1989
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"The Medicine Bag"
: Correspondence, 1990-1999
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"The Medicine Bag"
: Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"The Medicine Bag"
: Short Story (published in Boy's Life), 1975
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"Mini Book Project
: A Dakota Pow Wow ; The Time of the Horse ; The Tribe of the Burnt
Thigh" : Correspondence, 1980-1981
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"Mini Book Project
: A Dakota Pow Wow ; The Time of the Horse ; The Tribe of the Burnt
Thigh" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"The Reservation"
: Correspondence, 1971
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"The Reservation"
: Manuscript, 1971
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"A Sad Time" :
Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"The Slim Butte
Ghost" : Manuscript, 1984
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"South Dakota
Geographic Names" : Correspondence, 1973
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"South Dakota
Geographic Names" : Manuscript (final draft), 1973
Box 10.
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"South Dakota
Geographic Names" : Research, [n.d.]
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“South Dakota
Geographic Names" : Review, [n.d.]
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"Sovereigns of the
Sioux" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"They Led A
Nation" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"Three Lakota
Grandmother Stories" : Book, 1975
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"Three Lakota
Grandmother Stories" : Correspondence, 1971-1975
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"Three Lakota
Grandmother Stories" : Manuscripts, [n.d.]
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"The Trickster and
the Troll" : Correspondence, 1996-1998
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"The Trickster and
the Troll" : Manuscript (with computer disk), 1996
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"The Twelve Moons"
: Correspondence, 1976-1977
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"The Twelve Moons"
: Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"When Thunders
Spoke" : Correspondence, 1973
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"When Thunders
Spoke" : Manuscript, 1972
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"When Thunders
Spoke" : Proof, [n.d.]
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"When Thunders
Spoke" : Reviews, 1974
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"The White Man’s
Bones" : Manuscript (accompanying Maka Sica Photo Exhibit), 1987
Box 15.
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"Completing the
Circle" : Family Research—Audio
Cassette (1), 1984-1986
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"Completing the
Circle" : Women Research—Audio Cassette (1), 1986
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"High Elk's
Treasure" : Video (1), 1980
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"The Medicine Bag"
: Audio cassette (Literature and the Language Arts Audio Library),
1998
Box 16
Box 17. (oversize)
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"Betrayed" : Book
Jacket Proofs, [n.d.]
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"Betrayed" :
Printer's Proof, [n.d.]
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"Dancing Teepees :
Poems of American Indian Youth' : Manuscript, 1989
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"First Americans
Series : The Apaches" : Galleys, Proofs, 1996
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"First Americans
Series : The Cherokees" : Galleys, Proofs, 1996
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"First Americans
Series : The Iroquois" : Galleys, Proofs, 1994
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"First Americans
Series : The Navajos" : Galleys, Proofs, 1992
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"First Americans
Series : The Nez Perce" : Galleys, Proofs, 1994
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"First Americans
Series : The Seminoles" : Galleys, Proofs, 1993
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"First Americans
Series : The Sioux" : Galleys, Proofs, 1993
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"Jimmy Yellow
Hawk" : Galley (first proof), 1971
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"Jimmy Yellow
Hawk" : Manuscript, [n.d.]
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"Jimmy Yellow
Hawk" : Photostat of Book Jacket, [n.d.]
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"When Thunders
Spoke" : Galley, 1973
SERIES II:
General, 1901-1996
This series is
composed of awards, clippings, correspondence, interviews, miscellaneous
items, and speaking engagement material. The correspondence is
comprised of letters to and from publishing houses, correspondence with
Senator Larry Pressler, and personal correspondence. The miscellaneous
items consist of a 1901 class photograph of unidentified people, and
some teaching aids. The speaking engagement material consists mainly of
correspondence that deals with arrangements of the speaking engagements
but a few speeches are also included. An item of note is an audio reel
of an interview that Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve conducted with Harold
Shunk, a Bureau of Indian Affairs superintendent at several South Dakota
reservations.
Folders are arranged
in alphabetical order.
Box 11.
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Article about
Sneve ("Indian Women" by Bernie Hunhoff), 1995
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Bicentennial/American Issues Forum Series, 1975-1976
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Clippings,
1968-1980
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Clippings,
1994-1999
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Corporation for
Public Broadcasting Grant, 1977-1978
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Correspondence :
Center for Western Studies, 1983-1987
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Correspondence :
Elementary school students, [n.d.] ; 1996
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Correspondence :
General, 1974-1979
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Correspondence :
General, 1980-1984
Box 12.
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Correspondence :
General, 1985-1995
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Correspondence :
Holiday House, 1976-1995
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Correspondence :
Larry Pressler, 1976-1995
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Correspondence :
McClanahan & Company, 1991-1992
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Correspondence :
Personal, 1976-1992
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Dakota Indian
Foundation Calendar "Honoring American Indian Women", 1993
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National League of
American Pen women, 1972-1980
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Native American
Public Broadcasting Consortium : "I Am Different From My Brother",
1976-1985
Box 13.
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Native Americans
of the 20th Century (Sneve biographical booklet), 1976
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NEA
Author-Illustrator Human Rights Award, 1996
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North American
Indian Prose Award, 1996
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Photographs,
[n.d.] ; 1997
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Research papers on
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (penned by others), 1988-1990
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South Dakota Press
Women : Woman of Achievement Award, 1974-1975
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Speaking
Engagements, 1970-1977
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Speaking
Engagements, 1978-1986
Box 15.
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"ABC's of
Pluralism"—Audio Cassette (Tape 1), 1978
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"ABC's of
Pluralism"—Audio Cassette (Tape 2), 1978
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Commentary at
Indian Awareness Days—Audio Reel (1), sheet, [n.d.]
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Harold Shunk
Conversation—Audio Reel (1), [n.d.]
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NEA
Author-Illustrator Human Rights Award : Banquet—Video (1), 1996
Box 17. (oversize)
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Miscellaneous,
1901, 1972
SERIES III: Other
Writings, 1964-1996
This series is
composed of Driving Hawk Sneve's works that are not considered
creative. This material includes articles published in newspapers and
magazines, scripts for a South Dakota Public Radio program series,
introductions and reviews for other writer's works, newspaper
editorials, studies conducted for the Flandreau Indian School in
Flandreau, S.D., and a contribution to "On the Wings of Peace", a
compilation of short stories coordinated by Sheila Hamanaka which
benefits world peace organizations.
Folders are arranged
in alphabetical order.
Box 14.
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Articles,
1975-1978
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Classroom
Television Series : "South Dakota Adventures" (Scripts), 1980
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Introduction to
"The Black Hills; or, Last Hunting Grounds of the Dakotahs" by Annie
D. Tallent, 1974-1975
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Introduction to
"Legends of the Mighty Sioux" compiled by Workers of the SD Writers'
Project, 1987
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Newspaper
Editorial (Bill Janklow), 1978
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"On the Wings of
Peace" coordinated by Sheila Hamanaka : Contribution, 1994-1996
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Reviews of Other
Works, 1974-1980
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Studies for
Flandreau Indian School, 1964-1985
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Study Guide of
Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin), 1988-1989
Box 17. (oversize)
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"On the Wings of
Peace" coordinated by Sheila Hamanaka : Posters (2), 1995
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