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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.
The Creative Writings are 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.
The General 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.
The Other writings 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.
ARRANGEMENT of the RECORDS
This collection is arranged into three series: Creative
writings, General, and Other writings.
Folders are arranged in alphabetical order within each
series. The Creative Writings series folders are arranged in
alphabetical order by title.
SERIES 1: Creative writings
Box 1.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"American Indian Princesses" : Correspondence |
1982-1987 |
|
2 |
"American Indian Princesses" : Manuscripts |
[n.d.] |
|
3 |
"American Indian Princesses" : Published (Country Living) |
1987 |
|
4 |
"American Indian Princesses" : Research |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
"Betrayed" : Manuscript |
1974 |
|
6 |
"Betrayed" : Research |
1973-1974 |
|
7 |
"Betrayed" : Text correction proof |
[n.d.] |
|
8 |
"The
Chichi Hoohoo Bogeyman" : Book |
1975 |
|
9 |
"The
Chichi Hoohoo Bogeyman" : General |
1974-1979 |
|
10 |
"The
Chichi Hoohoo Bogeyman" : Revisions |
[n.d.] |
Box 2.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"The
Chichi Hoohoo Bogeyman" : Script |
1977 |
|
2 |
"Completing the Circle" : Book (hardcover) |
1995 |
|
3 |
"Completing the Circle" : Book (paperback) |
1995 |
|
4 |
"Completing the Circle" : Charles Frazier research |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
"Completing the Circle" : Characteristics of Wani (women?) |
1986 |
|
6 |
"Completing the Circle" : Children of the Circle |
1975-1992 |
|
7 |
"Completing the Circle" : Clippings |
1991-1998 |
|
8 |
"Completing the Circle" : Correspondence |
1991-1998 |
|
9 |
"Completing the Circle" : Family research |
1887-1986 |
Box 3.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"Completing the Circle" : French research |
[n.d.] |
|
2 |
"Completing the Circle" : Howe, Frazier, Ross research |
[n.d.] |
|
3 |
"Completing the Circle" : Jack Frazier research |
[n.d.] |
|
4 |
"Completing the Circle" : Lakota research |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
"Completing the Circle" : Manuscript (edited) |
[n.d.] |
|
6 |
"Completing the Circle" : Manuscript (first draft) |
[n.d.] |
|
7 |
"Completing the Circle" : Manuscript (first submission) |
[n.d.] |
|
8 |
"Completing the Circle" : Missionary research |
[n.d.] |
|
9 |
"Completing the Circle" : Nordland Heritage Foundation
Contribution |
1987 |
|
10 |
"Completing the Circle" : Ponca research |
[n.d.] |
|
11 |
"Completing the Circle" : Reservation research |
1937-1978 |
Box 4.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"Completing the Circle" : Santee research |
[n.d.] |
|
2 |
"Completing the Circle" : Women of the Circle sources |
1985-1989 |
|
3 |
"Completing the Circle" : Women research |
1985-1986 |
|
4 |
"Dakota's Heritage" : General |
1973 |
|
5 |
"Dakota's Heritage" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
6 |
"Dakota's Heritage" : Manuscript (First draft) |
1973 |
|
7 |
"Dakota's Heritage" : Printer's copy |
[n.d.] |
|
8 |
"Dakota's Heritage" : Research |
1974-1977 |
Box 5.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"Dancing Teepees : Poems of American Indian Youth" : Book |
1989 |
|
2 |
"Dancing Teepees : Poems of American Indian Youth" : Permissions |
1986-1990 |
|
3 |
"Dried Corn" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
4 |
"First American Series : The Apaches" : Book |
1997 |
|
5 |
"First American Series : The Apaches" : Correspondence |
1995-1996 |
|
6 |
"First American Series : The Apaches" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
7 |
"First American Series : The Apaches" : Research |
1991-1996 |
|
8 |
"First American Series : The Apaches" : Review |
1998 |
|
9 |
"First American Series" : Book-of-the-Month Club Catalog |
1994 |
|
10 |
"First American Series : The Cherokees" : Book |
1996 |
|
11 |
"First American Series : The Cherokees" : Correspondence |
1994-1996 |
|
12 |
"First American Series : The Cherokees" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
13 |
"First American Series : The Cherokees" : Review |
1996 |
Box 6.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"First American Series : The Cheyennes" : Book |
1996 |
|
2 |
"First American Series : The Cheyennes" : Correspondence |
1995-1996 |
|
3 |
"First American Series : The Cheyennes" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
4 |
"First American Series : The Cheyennes" : Research |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
"First American Series : The Cheyennes" : Review |
[n.d.] |
|
6 |
"First American Series : The Hopis" : Book |
1995 |
|
7 |
"First American Series : The Hopis" : Correspondence |
1994-1995 |
|
8 |
"First American Series : The Hopis" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
9 |
"First American Series : The Hopis" : Research |
[n.d.] |
|
10 |
"First American Series : The Hopis" : Review |
1995 |
|
11 |
"First American Series : The Iroquois" : Book |
1995 |
|
12 |
"First American Series : The Iroquois" : Correspondence |
1993-1997 |
|
13 |
"First American Series : The Iroquois" : Manuscript |
1995 |
|
14 |
"First American Series : The Iroquois" : Research |
[n.d.] |
|
15 |
"First American Series : The Navajos" : Book |
1993 |
|
16 |
"First American Series : The Navajos" : Correspondence |
1992-1993 |
|
17 |
"First American Series : The Navajos" : Manuscript |
1993 |
Box 7.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"First American Series : The Navajos" : Research |
n.d.] |
|
2 |
"First American Series : The Nez Perce" : Correspondence |
1993-1994 |
|
3 |
"First American Series : The Nez Perce" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
4 |
"First American Series : The Nez Perce" : Research |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
"First American Series : The Seminoles" : Book |
1994 |
|
6 |
"First American Series : The Seminoles" : Correspondence |
1991-1993 |
|
7 |
"First American Series : The Seminoles" : Manuscript |
1994 |
|
8 |
"First American Series : The Seminoles" : Research |
[n.d.] |
|
9 |
"First American Series : The Sioux" : Book |
1993 |
|
10 |
"First American Series : The Sioux" : Correspondence |
1991-1993 |
|
11 |
"First American Series : The Sioux" : Manuscript |
1993 |
|
12 |
"Grandpa was a Cowboy and an Indian" : Correspondence |
1975-1976 |
|
13 |
"Grandpa was a Cowboy and an Indian" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
14 |
"High Elk's Treasure" : Book |
1972 |
|
15 |
"High Elk's Treasure" : Correspondence |
1971-1995 |
|
16 |
"High Elk's Treasure" : Manuscript (edited) |
[n.d.] |
|
17 |
"High Elk's Treasure" : Manuscript (first draft) |
1971 |
|
18 |
"High Elk's Treasure" : Research |
[n.d.] |
|
19 |
"High Elk's Treasure" : Reviews |
1972-1996 |
Box 8.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"High Elk's Treasure" : Script |
1983-1984 |
|
2 |
"In
Addition to Brutality" " Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
3 |
"Jimmy Yellow Hawk" : Correspondence |
1970-1977 |
|
4 |
"Jimmy Yellow Hawk" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
"Jimmy Yellow Hawk" : Reviews |
1971-1973 |
|
6 |
"The
Medicine Bag" : Book (Climb the Hill textbook) |
1987 |
Box 9.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"The
Medicine Bag" : Book (Climb the Hill workbook) |
1987 |
|
2 |
"The
Medicine Bag" : Book (More Encounters textbook) |
1995 |
|
3 |
"The
Medicine Bag" : Correspondence |
1973-1979 |
|
4 |
"The
Medicine Bag" : Correspondence |
1980-1989 |
|
5 |
"The
Medicine Bag" : Correspondence |
1990-1999 |
|
6 |
"The
Medicine Bag" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
7 |
"The
Medicine Bag" : Short story (published in Boy's Life) |
1975 |
|
8 |
"Mini Book Project : A Dakota Pow Wow ; The Time of the Horse ;
The Tribe of the Burnt Thigh" : Correspondence |
1980-1981 |
|
9 |
"Mini Book Project : A Dakota Pow Wow ; The Time of the Horse ;
The Tribe of the Burnt Thigh" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
10 |
"The
Reservation" : Correspondence |
1971 |
|
11 |
"The
Reservation" : Manuscript |
1971 |
|
12 |
"A
Sad Time" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
13 |
"The
Slim Butte Ghost" : Manuscript |
1984 |
|
14 |
"South Dakota Geographic Names" : Correspondence |
1973 |
|
15 |
"South Dakota Geographic Names" : Manuscript (final draft) |
1973 |
Box 10.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"South Dakota Geographic Names" : Research |
[n.d.] |
|
2 |
"South Dakota Geographic Names" : Review |
[n.d.] |
|
3 |
"Sovereigns of the Sioux" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
4 |
"They Led a Nation" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
5 |
"Three Lakota Grandmother Stories" : Book |
1975 |
|
6 |
"Three Lakota Grandmother Stories" : Correspondence |
1971-1975 |
|
7 |
"Three Lakota Grandmother Stories" : Manuscripts |
[n.d.] |
|
8 |
"The
Trickster and the Troll" : Correspondence |
1996-1998 |
|
9 |
"The
Trickster and the Troll" : Manuscript (with computer disk) |
1996 |
|
10 |
"The
Twelve Moons" : Correspondence |
1976-1977 |
|
11 |
"The
Twelve Moons" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
12 |
"When Thunders Spoke" : Correspondence |
1973 |
|
13 |
"When Thunders Spoke" : Manuscript |
1972 |
|
14 |
"When Thunders Spoke" : Proof |
[n.d.] |
|
15 |
"When Thunders Spoke" : Reviews |
1974 |
|
16 |
"The
White Man's Bones" : Manuscript (accompanying Maka Sica Photo
Exhibit) |
1987 |
Box 15.
|
Description |
Dates |
|
"Completing the Circle" Family research (audio cassette - 1) |
1984-1986 |
|
"Completing the Circle" Women research (audio cassette - 1) |
1986 |
|
"High Elk's Treasure" : Video (1) |
1980 |
|
"The
Medicine Bag" : Audio cassette (Literature and the Language Arts
Audio Library) |
1998 |
Box 16.
|
Description |
Dates |
|
"High Elk's Treasure" : Braille copy (2 books) |
1992 |
Box 17.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
"Betrayed" : Book jacket proofs |
[n.d.] |
|
2 |
"Betrayed" : Printers proofs |
[n.d.] |
|
3 |
"Dancing Teepees : Poems of American Indian Youth" : Manuscript |
1989 |
|
4 |
"First Americans Series : The Apaches" : Galleys, proofs |
1996 |
|
5 |
"First Americans Series : The Cherokees" : Galleys, proofs |
1996 |
|
6 |
"First Americans Series : The Iroquois" : Galleys, proofs |
1994 |
|
7 |
"First Americans Series : The Navajos" : Galleys, proofs |
1992 |
|
8 |
"First Americans Series : The Nez Perce" : Galleys, proofs |
1994 |
|
9 |
"First Americans Series : The Seminoles" : Galleys, proofs |
1993 |
|
10 |
"First Americans Series : The Sioux" : Galleys, proofs |
1993 |
|
11 |
"Jimmy Yellow Hawk" : Galley (first proof) |
1971 |
|
12 |
"Jimmy Yellow Hawk" : Manuscript |
[n.d.] |
|
13 |
"Jimmy Yellow Hawk" : Photostat of book jacket |
[n.d.] |
|
14 |
"When Thunders Spoke" : Galley |
1973 |
SERIES 2: General
Box 11.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Article about Sneve ("Indian Women" by Bernie Hunhoff) |
1995 |
|
2 |
Bicentennial/American Issues Forum Series |
1975-1976 |
|
3 |
Clippings |
1968-1980 |
|
4 |
Clippings |
1994-1999 |
|
5 |
Corporation for Public Broadcasting grant |
1977-1978 |
|
6 |
Correspondence : Center for Western Studies |
1983-1987 |
|
7 |
Correspondence : Elementary school students |
1996, [n.d.] |
|
8 |
Correspondence : General |
1974-1979 |
|
9 |
Correspondence : General |
1980-1984 |
Box 12.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Correspondence : General |
1985-1995 |
|
2 |
Correspondence : Holiday House |
1976-1995 |
|
3 |
Correspondence : Larry Pressler |
1976-1995 |
|
4 |
Correspondence : McClanahan & Company |
1991-1992 |
|
5 |
Correspondence : Personal |
1976-1992 |
|
6 |
Dakota Indian Foundation calendar "Honoring American Indian
Women" |
1993 |
|
7 |
National League of American Pen Women |
1972-1980 |
|
8 |
Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium : "I Am Different
From My Brother" |
1976-1985 |
Box 13.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Native Americans of the 20th Century (Sneve biographical
booklet) |
1976 |
|
2 |
NEA
Author-Illustrator Human Rights award |
1996 |
|
3 |
North American Indian Prose award |
1996 |
|
4 |
Photographs |
1997, [n.d.] |
|
5 |
Research papers on Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (penned by
others) |
1988-1990 |
|
6 |
South Dakota Press Women : Women of Achievement award |
1974-1985 |
|
7 |
Speaking engagements |
1970-1977 |
|
8 |
Speaking engagements |
1978-1986 |
Box 15.
|
Description |
Dates |
|
"ABC's of Pluralism" : audio cassette (tape 1) |
1978 |
|
"ABC's of Pluralism" : audio cassette (tape 2) |
1978 |
|
Commentary at Indian Awareness Days : audio reel (1), sheet |
[n.d.] |
|
Harold Shunk conversation - audio reel (1) |
[n.d.] |
|
NEA
Author-Illustrator Human Rights award : banquet video (1) |
1996 |
Box 17.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
15 |
Miscellaneous |
1901, 1972 |
SERIES 3: Other writings
Box 14.
|
Folder |
Description |
Dates |
|
1 |
Articles |
1975-1978 |
|
2 |
Classroom Television Series : "South Dakota Adventures"
(scripts) |
1980 |
|
3 |
Introduction to "The Black Hills; or Last Hunting Grounds of the
Dakotahs" by Annie D. Tallent |
1974-1975 |
|
4 |
Introduction to "Legends of the Mighty Sioux" compiled by
Workers of the SD Writers' Project |
1987 |
|
5 |
Newspaper editorial (Bill Janklow) |
1978 |
|
6 |
"On
the Wings of Peace" coordinated by Sheila Hamanaka :
contribution |
1994-1996 |
|
7 |
Reviews of other works |
1974-1980 |
|
8 |
Studies for Flandreau Indian School |
1964-1985 |
|
9 |
Study guide of Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Bonnin) |
1988-1989 |
Box 16.
|
Description |
Dates |
|
"On
the Wings of Peace" coordinated by Sheila Hamanaka : posters
(2) |
1995 |
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