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More Santee-Sioux Indian Legends - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska.

Seven Santee-Sioux legends from the files of the Word Carrier.

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Santee Sioux Indian Legends - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Eight Santee-Sioux legends collected from the files of the Word Carrier, a paper published by the Santee Normal Training School.

Statement on Harmful Material: Materials in UNK Archives and Special Collections are historical in nature and reflect the society in which they were produced. As such, they may contain racial, gender, sexual, religious, and other language and imagery that are offensive by today's standards. The documents, images, publications, and other materials have been retained in order to fully represent the materials in their original format. If the offensive text is not in the original, but in a finding aid, catalog …

Indian Ghost Legends - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Compiled by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska

"These Indian tales are reproduced as a result of reconstruction and piecing together. Elderly Indians and early residents, scattered over the State, furnished from their memories the titles and fragments of the stories. A great many other stories exist as titles only, and some others too fragmentary to piece out. Those included in this pamphlet appear to be among the commonest or most generally known and are here reproduced by correlating versions of the same story from different sources. They are not offered as newly found versions of old tales."

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Animal Legends - Nebraska Folklore, Federal Writers' Project

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Prepared by the Federal Writers' Project in Nebraska.

These legends are for the most part stories of the supernatural power possessed by animals. The belief that animals had supernatural power did not discount the power of a supreme being known to the Pawnee as Tirawa. WIthin their habitat the Pawnees had certain places which they held sacred. Five such places of importance in animal legend, which were also known to other Indian tribes are Pahuk, a promontory in a bend of the Platte River a few miles west of Fremont; Nakiskat, on an island in the Platte River near Central …

Early Days At Santee, Mary B. Riggs

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History of the first 13 years of the Santee Normal Training School, written by one of the founders of the school. The Riggs family lived with and interacted with members of several indigenous groups while setting up and operating the school; the book records the traditions and customs of this with whom the Riggs' interacted.

Contains numerous images and drawings. Drawings were made by Reuben Dorian, a Santee student.

The book was printed by students at the Santee Normal Training School.

Content Warning: Contains period typical racism, violence, mentions of disease.

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The Battle Of Massacre Canyon, J. W. Williamson

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Full title: The Battle of Massacre Canyon - The Unfortunate Ending of the Last Buffalo Hunt of the Pawnees; An Account of the Last Battle by Indians

Account of the last Pawnee buffalo hunt, which ended with a battle with the Sioux. The hunt departed from the Pawnee Agency at Genoa, Nebraska. The battle occurred northeast of Trenton, Nebraska.

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Civilization Among The Sioux Indians, Herbert Welsh

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Full title: Civilization Among the Sioux Indians. Report of a Visit to Some of the Sioux Reservations of South Dakota and Nebraska

Description by Herbert Welsh of his travels in South Dakota and Nebraska, focusing particularly on the conditions on reservations as well as interactions between various indigenous groups and the settler-colonial state. Welsh critiques the abuses of the Indian Administration, speculators, off-reservation boarding schools, and more. His proposed solution includes an end to the political spoils system in the Indian Administration, "the word 'no,' emphatically said and maintained, to the schemes of land grabbers and speculators", and the development …

Letter From The Secretary Of War Transmitting A Report Of Gov. Cass And Col. Mckenney, On The Subject Of The Complaints Of The Winnebago Indians, &C., James Barbour, United States War Department, Lewis Cass, Thomas L. Mckenney

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Letter to the 20th Congress from the governor of Michigan Territory and others regarding treaty violations perpetrated by white colonists, primarily seeking to extract lead and other minerals. Area mentioned is in present-day Wisconsin.

20th Congress, 1st Session. House of Representatives, War Department. Document Number 117.