Stephen Return Riggs

Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1880.

Mary and I: Forty Years with the Sioux, has been regarded as significant work throughout human history, and in order to ensure that this work is never lost, we have taken steps to ensure its preservation by republishing this book in a contemporary format for both current and future generations. This entire book has been retyped, redesigned, and reformatted. Since these books are not made from scanned copies, the text is readable and clear.

Dakota Odowan - Hymns in the Dakota language, with tunes is an unchanged, high-quality reprint of the original edition of 1868. Hansebooks is editor of the literature on different topic areas such as research and science, travel and expeditions, cooking and nutrition, medicine, and other genres. As a publisher we focus on the preservation of historical literature. Many works of historical writers and scientists are available today as antiques only. Hansebooks newly publishes these books and contributes to the preservation of literature which has become rare and historical knowledge for the future.

"We will be known forever by the tracks we leave."-Dakota Indian ProverbDakota Grammar, Texts and Ethnography (1852) is the ninth volume of a nine-part series, Contributions to North American Ethnology (all available from Cosimo Classics). This book is organized into three parts: Part I provides an extensive description of three elements of the grammar of the Dakota language: phonology, morphology, and syntax; Part II contains ten stories written as told by native speakers and including full English translations, along with two Christian prayers; and Part III is an ethnography consisting of seven chapters that discuss various aspects of the Dakota history and culture. This book offers a critical contribution to the history of Native Americans and is a must-read for anthropologists, linguists, and students of Native American history.

"Man's heart away from nature becomes hard."-Luther Standing Bear, Chief, Dakota (Sioux) Native Americans (late 19th Century)A Dakota-English Dictionary (1852) is the seventh volume of a nine-part series Contributions to North American Ethnology (all available from Cosimo Classics). At the time, the Dakota language consisted of three well-defined dialects: the Santee, Yankton, and Teton. This is the most comprehensive lexicon available that lists all the words in their combined vocabularies and their English translations. This book offers a critical contribution to the history of Native Americans and is a must-read for anthropologists, linguists, and students of Native American history.