JEANNE
SMITH COLLECTION
GROUP 2 – PINE RIDGE RESERVATION FAMILY
AND
COMMUNITY HISTORIES, 1993
Folder: 12
File Title: Allen, Charles
W. Papers: Selected Materials File Number: 1
Subject: This folder contains chapters 3,4,8,9,10 and parts of chapter 19 of an unpublished manuscripts entitled: In the West that Was, written by Charles W. Allen, a mule driver, soldier, homesteader, blacksmith, editor, postmaster and cattleman 1851-1942. Married to a mixed-blood woman, and spending a good portion of his life working on or near the Pine Ridge Reservation, Mr. Allen comments on the following topics in the chapters contained here: (1.) Red Cloud cuts the flagpole, (2.) the founding of Pine Ridge, South Dakota, (3.) changing conditions under Agent McGillycuddy, (4.) the building of schools on the Pine Ridge Reservation, and (5.) a story concerning Valandry and Salway.
Names Mentioned: Chapters 3 and 4: Baptiste Pourier, Red Cloud, Rocky Bear, David Cottier, John Davidson, Manuel Romero, Billy Hunter (William Garnett), Dr. Farnham, Joseph Bissonette, Louis Richards, Lois Shangreau, Louis Bordeaux, John Bruguier, Louis Rubideaus, Michael Dunn, Lieut. Crawford, Speeder. Chapter 8: Dr. Irvin, C.P. Jordan, L.B. Lessert, George Blanchard, Thomas Cogell (sp?), David Cockrell, Henry Janis, Red Dog, a list of all Sioux Bands: English and Lakota, Little Wound, American Horse, Big Road, Blue Horse, High Wolf, Fire Thunder, They're Afraid of his Horses, No Water, Bull Bear. Chapter 10: H.C. Clifford (Hank), Dr. McGillycuddy, Dull Knife, John Woodruff, John Y. Nelson, Alex Baxter, High Wolf, Julia McClosky-Kocer, James McClosky, Joseph Kocer, Luella Melvin-Coffield, William Coffield, Mr. Palmer, P.O. Pugh. Chapter 19: Joseph Vlandry, Frank Salway, James McCloskey.
Folder: 13 File Title: American Horse, Joe and Emmett 1956-57 File Number: 2
Subject: A collection of articles which detail the accomplishments
of these two brothers while attending high school in
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Joe American Horse, Emmett American Horse, Charles American Horse, Mrs. American Horse, Rich Red Owl, Jim Taylor, Basil Red Owl, among others...
Folder: 14 File Title: Bad Heart Bull, Amos File Number: 3
Subject: Photocopies of photographs: Five Bad Heart Bull drawings in the Mari Sandoz
Collection. These drawings were gathered
from the Bad Heart Bull family in the late 1920's by Helen Blish. These drawings and many others were eventually
published by the
Folder: N/A
File Title: Biography Cards: Oglala Sioux--by Mari Sandoz File
Number: 4
Secondary Information: This file is divided into 28 folders, located
in
Folder: 15 File Title: Black Elk, Ben File Number: 5
Subject: An article entitled, "Ben Black Elk:
Most Photographed Indian in the World"
written by Will Spindler and published in the Gordon Journal,
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Nicholas Black Elk, Angeline Bissonette, Henry Black Elk, Mrs. Catherine Clifford, Mrs. Esther DeSersa, Mrs. Olivia Pourier, Mrs. Grace McCoy, and Good Thunder.
Folder: 16
File Title: W.H. Barten
Papers: Folder #1
File Number: 6
Subject: W.H. Barten came to the Pine Ridge Reservation
from
Source:
Names Mentioned: Sam Pinebird, Henry Standing Bear, Red War Bonnet.
Folder: 17
File Title: W.H. Barten Papers, Folder #2: The Joe Paints Himself
Yellow Correspondence File Number: 7
Subject: A series of letters exchanged between W.H. Barten,
Joe Paints Himself Yellow, of
Source:
Names Mentioned: Yellow Bear, William Girton, Joe Paints Yellow, Shout At, Mrs. Shout At, Jon Shout At, J.W. Star.
Folder: 18
File Title: W.H. Barten
Papers, Folder #3: Ledger and Sample Account Sheets
File Number: 8
Subject: A complete copy of a ledger used to record Indian
accounts is contained in this file. There
are also sample individual ledger pages, and a paper which signs land sale
money over to Mr. Barten to clear a debt. Much more material like the individual ledger
pages herein
Source:
Names Mentioned: Too numerous to list.
Folder: 19
File Title: W.H. Barten
Papers, Folder #4: Letters of Scout
Gabriel's Wild West and Indian Shows File Number: 9
Subject: This file contains dated correspondence between
Jim Gabriel and W.H. Barten and Joe Cordier between
Source:
Names Mentioned: Too numerous to list.
Folder: 20
File Title: W.H. Barten Papers, Folder #5: Wild West Show Contracts File
Number: 10
Subject: A collection of contracts between Indians employed to perform in Wild West Shows and the agents of those shows. Contains signatures and weekly salaries. There are two contracts between the same parties detailing how debts owed to W.H. Barten will be paid through weekly deductions of wages.
Source:
Names Mentioned: Too numerous to list.
Folder: 21
File Title: W.H. Barten
Papers, Folder #6: Letters from the
Miller Brothers 101 Ranch File Number: 11
Subject: A collection of letters between W.H. Barten
and the Miller Brothers 101 Ranch Wild West Shows. Letters cover the period between
Source:
Names Mentioned: Too numerous to list.
Folder: 22
File Title: Bettelyoun,
Susan Bordeaux: Manuscripts
File Number: 12
Subject: Typed copies of eleven interviews from the Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun Manuscripts. These manuscripts contain periodic notes and comments by Mari Sandoz. The full Susan Bordeaux Bettelyoun Manuscripts are available on microfilm at the OLC Archives.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: James Bordeaux, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Inkpaduta, Two Face, Blackfeet, Dull Knife, Red Bird, Tangle Hair, White Thunder, Charles Tackett, Isaac Bettelyoun, Slade, Clement Lamareaux, Jules Sandoz, Lone Dog, Old Spotted Tail, Young Spotted Tail, Turning Bear, Pretty Woman, Touch the Cloud, Running Elk, W.J. Cleveland, Sophie Pendleton, Miss Lee, Scattering Bear, Lieut. Grattan, Lucien, Bull Tail, Antoine Bordeaux, Bullick, Red Leaf, Iron Shell, Swift Bear, Smoke, Charley Alliston, Osape, Capt, Fouts, Green Plum, Louisa Herman, Frank Herman, Antoine Herman, James Herman, Jake Herman, Father DeSmet, Sam Smith, Joseph Silko Roubideaux, Louis Shadron, Louise Bordeaux, Bissonette, John Richard, Charles Richard, John Richard Jr. Saffron Aiotte, Herman (the blacksmith), Mrs. Ostrander, Mrs, Robinson, Mrs, Bigler, Julia Burnett, Bovie (Beauvais), Big Mouth, Mrs, Roubideaux, Janis, Peter LaGrant, Wasna, Spotted Tail's Daughter (Hinzmwin?), Alex Recounter, Thomas Flood, Martha Bordeaux, Laramie(cousin of Paul Bordeaux), Drouillard, Lisa, Beoit, Crazy Hawk, Tanapahasa (Red War Bonnet), Iron Fire, Little Bear, Jacob Herman, Sophie Herman, Mary Herman, Baptist Jewitt, Big Head, Olewin, Agent Twiss, Jim Bridger, George Steed (Steel?), Jack Steel, Huntkalutawin, Paul Bordeaux, Phelix Bordeaux, Margaret Bordeaux, Joseph Bordeaux, John Baptiste Bordeaux, Charley Bordeaux, Mary Bordeaux, Basil Claymore, Louis Agaard, Chas. Galpin, Nick Janis, Billy Garnett, Alex Pierson, Josephine Waggoner, Marcella Arnold Conner, Father Jerome, Jas. McLaughlin, John Grass, Louie Richard, Pete Richard, Mrs. Pourier, Mrs. Rose Geurieu, Sam Terry, Shangrau, Red Willow, Brown Eagle, Yellow Horse, the Primeauxs, Joseph Knight, Wamblisun, Iron Star, Bone Club, Little Wound, Antoine Janis, Mrs. Victoria Conroy, Pete LaDue, Size William, Swallow, Goodwin, Joe Bissonett, Jim McCluskey, Tuesent, Louis Bordeaux.
Folder: 23
File Title: Bibliography
of Books pertaining to the Sioux: Mari Sandoz File
Number: 13
Subject: A list of the books to which Mari Sandoz referred when researching the Sioux. May be especially useful to people using her research/biography notes.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Secondary Information: See file #4 in this collection for Mari Sandoz' biography notes.
Folder: 24
File Title: Bluehorse, Madonna
File Number: 14
Subject: A picture of Madonna Bluehorse from Time
Magazine and an accompanying story. From
the Gordon Journal,
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Folder: 25
File Title:
Subject: An article written by Charles E. Hanson giving additional information about James Bordeaux not given in an earlier article in The Fur Trade Quarterly.
Source: Jeanne Smith Collection
Secondary Information: See also:
Names Mentioned: Pierre Bordeaux, Marguerite LeFabre, Joseph Bordeaux, Marguerite LaFontain, Jacques Bordeaux, Jeanne Pacquelin, Pierre Bordeaux, Therese Petit, Frederick Laboue, Joseph Bissonette, John Richards, White Bear, Charles Primeau, Tom Fitzpatrick, Guerrier, John Tutt, Langdon, Steele, Tandall, Milner, Sebille, Elbridge Gerry, Ward, Mr. Adams, Louis Bordeaux, Francis Boucher, Spotted Tail, Marie Bordeaux (Huntkalutkawin), Lone Dog, Swift Bear, Louise Bordeaux, Clement Lamoureaux, Antoine Bordeaux, Mary White Fingernail, John Bordeaux, Susan Bordeaux, Charles Tackett, Isaac Bettelyoun, Susan Peacock, Julia Dubray, William Bordeaux, Mary Cazieu, Mary Nichols, Supiwin Bordeaux (Annie), Alexander Bordeaux, Sarah Pratt, Martha Bordeaux, Clement Whirlwind Soldier, Charles Bordeaux, Agatha Brunst.
Folder: N/A
File Title: Charbonneau,
Alex
File Number: 16
Located
in
Folder: 26
File Title: Chief Whistler,
the Killing of
File Number: 17
Subject: Notes taken by Mari Sandoz concerning the deaths of Whistler, Badger and Handsmeller. Some blame Wild Bill Hickok for the deed.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Hank Clifford, Doc Carver, Whistler, Fat Badger, Handsmeller, Bill Cresley, Jack Stilwell, Charlie Meadows (Buckskin Charlie), John Nelson, Arthur Ruff, Red Cloud, Antoine Janis, Pawnee Killer, Little Bull, Birds Head, Iron Horse, Blue War Club, Bull Robe, Bear in Woods, Chief Dog, Yellow Ear.
Folder: 27
File Title: Colhoff, Johnnie
File Number: 18
Subject: An article from the Rocky Mountain News
concerning the life of Johnnie Colhoff, and the tale of how he got the headdress
he is pictured in,
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Norma Prande, Sitting Bull, Catch the Bear, John Sitting Bull, Fanny Pullium, Norbert Colhoff, James Colhoff.
Folder: 28
File Title: College Classes
at Pine Ridge: 1969 Questionnaire: Sioux History and Culture Class File
Number: 19
Subject: This questionnaire was part of the Maurice Frink
section of the Walker Papers. It comes
from a period directly preceding the establishment of
Source:
Names Mentioned: "Amos"=Amos Bad Heart Bull, "Gerald"=Gerald One Feather.
Folder: 29
File Title: Conroy Family
File Number: 20
Subject: An article from the Rapid City Journal in which the author, Bill Harlan, interviews Tom and Gerry Conroy about their family history.
Source: Jeanne Smith Collection
Names Mentioned: Gerry Conroy, Tom Conroy, Capt. Tom Conroy, John Conroy (Wasicula), Ulala (Spotted Horse Woman), George Armstrong Custer, Standing Bear, Arthur Amiotte, Vic Runnels.
Folder: 30
File Title: Crazy Horse/He
Dog Canvas File Number:
21
Subject: A copy of the painting placed at the center
back of the ceremonial lodge for the dedication of the Crazy Horse Memorial
at
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Folder: 31
File Title: Crazy Horse
Maps: Frank Aplan Papers File Number: 22
Subject: Copies of a map obtained by Frank Aplan of Rushville from "a great-granddaughter of Red Cloud" in a "battered tin suitcase with other original papers."
Source:
Folder: 32
File Title: Crazy Horse: Sandoz Notes, Articles
File Number: 23
Subject: A file containing the following: (1) "The
Burial of Chief Crazy Horse" by Lone Eagle. (2) Sandoz notes from the Colorado Historical
Society Library. (3) an article by
Jake Herman concerning the burial site of Crazy Horse. (4) A
Secondary Information: For extensive notes by Mari Sandoz on Crazy Horse see the Biography Cards (File #4) and the Sioux Relationship Lists (File #64) in this collection.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Folder: 33
File Title: Crazy Horse: Oglala Sources on the Life of: Interviews Given to Eleanor H. Hinman. File
Number: 24
Subject: Interviews conducted by Eleanor Hinman and Mari Sandoz concerning the life of Crazy Horse. The interviews were conducted in the summer of 1930 in preparation for a book Eleanor Hinman planned to write on Crazy Horse. The book was never written, and Miss Hinman turned her interviews and other notes over to Mari Sandoz who later published Crazy Horse, the Strange Man of the Oglalas. These notes are now in the Nebraska State Historical Society collection under Miss Hinman's name.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Secondary Information: For Mari Sandoz' observations of the July trip to Pine Ridge with Miss Hinman, see the file entitled: "He Dog: Sandoz' Attempted Interviews" in this collection.
Names of People Interviewed: He Dog, Red Feather, Short
Folder: 34
File Title: Crazy Horse's
Life: Photo and Etchings File Number: 25
Subject: Photos and etchings pertaining to the life of Crazy Horse collected by Mari Sandoz.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Secondary Information: The Sandoz Collection also has a file of "false pictures of Crazy Horse", including the photo in Carroll Friswold book, The Killing of Crazy Horse. Sandoz concluded there was no known photo of Crazy Horse, a view to which most scholars today subscribe.
Names of People in the Photos: Little Big Man, Touch the Clouds, Young Man Afraid of his Horse.
Folder: N/A
File Title: Dances, Dwellings
and Burials: Old Photos File
Number: 26
Located
in
Folder: 35
File Title: The Economy
of a Modern Teton Dakota Community
File Number: 27
Subject: A report compiled by H. Scudder Mekeel, and anthropologist, to "evaluate the present day economic behavior of a Dakota Community." Material for this article was gathered on field trips to the Pine Ridge Reservation from 1929 to 1933.
Source: Oglala Lakota College Human Services Department
Folder: MISSING File Title: Education for a Better Living
by George Dale File
Number: 28
Subject: An intensive study/evaluation of Pine Ridge Federal school curriculum between 1936 and 1950. Extensive interview results and statistical information is contained in the study. Introduction by Willard W. Beatty.
Source: Oglala Lakota College Human Services Department
Folder: 36
File Title: Ellison, Robert
S. Papers: Selections From File Number: 29
Subject: A selection of the many primary and some secondary
source materials concerning the Northern Plains Indian Wars collected by Robert
S. Ellison. Included are the following
items using the original collection numbers: Interviews: (1) Wm. E. Morris: Information about
Secondary Information: Researchers should check the finding aids in
this folder to see the other letters and interviews contained in this collection.
They
Folder: 37
File Title: Extension Community
(White Clay) File Number: 30
Subject: A series of three articles which focus on the
early history of Extension community (roughly 1878-1910). Written by Luther Denton and published in the
Names Mentioned: General Sheridan, Antoine Janis Sr., Antoine Janis Jr. Nick Janis, Gus Craven, Jay Talbot. Charlie Townsend, E.S. Swallow, Mike and John Kubo, Jake Ganaw, Jimmy Wheland, George Cohloff, Jim, John and George Jr. Cohloff, Dick Stirks, Bill Almond, Bennie Robbins, Clifford Sager, Rex Earl, Lester Lundy, Oliver Daniels, Red Shirt, Spotted Bear, Ben Tibbets, Nick Lehman, Johnny Parlmer (sp?), Arthur Hotz, R.O. Pough, Mal Ganaw, Jack Turner, Perry Parker, Louis Shangreaux, George Comer, Jack Wheland, Mrs. H. Bissonnette, Old Eagle, Lone Dog, Grey Eyes, Black Bear, Johnnie Lee, H.A. Dawson, Chief Red Cloud (Jack), Joe Bush, the Humphrey, Bay, William Points, and Douglas Points families, Joseph Buffington, Bud Kelly, Frank Bay, Zone Kelly, Pete Livermont, Alfred Livermont, Billy Daily, Charlie Hubbard, Dora Daily, Mrs. Jolly, Dr. McGillicuddy, Margaret Denton, P.S. Calder, Mr. Penny, Mr. Brennan, Jim Assay, W.A. Crawford, Charlie Hagel, William Jacob, W.T.M. Higgs.
Folder: 38
File Title: Fire Thunder,
William: Obituary
File Number: 31
Subject: William Fire Thunder's obituary printed in the
Gordon Journal,
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Edgar and Susie Fire Thunder, Mary Weasel Bear,
Stella Fire Thunder, Edgar Fire Thunder, Angelique Fire Thunder and
Folder: 39
File Title: Full Bloods and Mixed Bloods in McGillycuddy Agent
File Number: 32
Subject: Notes taken by Mari Sandoz and sections from her own copy of McGillycuddy Agent. Underlined materials and marginal comments by Mari Sandoz.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Calamity Jane: Jose Merrivale. The Veneer of Civilization: Man Who Carries the Sword, Johnny Provost, Charles Provost, Old Man Provost, Clementi Bernard, Ott Means, Red Cloud, Billy Garnett, Little Big Man, George Blanchard. The Indian Police: Sword, Donald Brown, Todd Randall, Young Man Afraid, Spotted Wolf, Billy Garnett, Sergeant Pumpkin Seed, Corporal White Feather, Little Wound. Bad Blood: Pumpkin Seed. Old Glory Overhead: Red Cloud, Cloud Shield. The Last Great Sundance of the Sioux: Little Hawk, Young Man Afraid, Little Wound, Sword, Red Shirt, Little Chief, Red Cloud, Red Dog, High Wolf, He Who Comes Back, Red Cloud. The Death Of Spotted Tail: Spotted Tail, Crow Dog, Hawk Dog, Hollow Horn, Medicine Bear, Red Cloud, Billy Garnett. The Out Break: Red Cloud, Little Chief, Billy Garnett, Young Man Afraid, White Bird, Sword, Little Wound, Six Feathers, Yellow Hair, Standing Soldier, Pumpkin Seed, Jane Robinson, Iron Hawk, Ott Means, Jim Oldham, Dr. Grinnell, Cowgill, Fanny Stands Looking, Maggie Stands Looking. A Troublesome Guest: Billy Garnett, Todd Randall, H.C. Clifford, Sergeant Thunder Bull, Sergeant Cloud Shield, Frank Stewart.
Folder: 1
File Title: Fur Traders,
Early
File Number: 33
Subject: This chapter from Three Years Among the Mexicans and Indians contains information about the following (among others): Pierre Chouteau, Pierre Menard, Francois Valle, Sylvester Labbadie, William Morrison, Andrew Henry.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: See subject description.
Secondary Information: Includes Mari Sandoz' notes from Three Years and from the Ricker Tablets.
Folder: 2
File Title:
Subject: This folder contains sections of a book, and a newspaper article discussion of fur traders who married Lakota women, many of whom eventually settled on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
Source: Jeanne Smith Collection
Secondary Information: For more information see the file of the same
title (
Names Mentioned:
Folder: 3
File Title: Goings, Julia
Nelson
File Number: 35
Subject: The obituary of Julia Nelson Goings:
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Alsie Goings, Hobson Goings, William Goings, Roland Goings, John Y. Nelson (her father), Jennie Lone Wolf (her mother).
Folder: 4
File Title: Greatest Chief
Debate: Red Cloud or Crazy Horse? File Number: 36
Subject: A series of articles collected by Mari Sandoz which focus upon the question of which chief was the greatest Oglala chief: Red Cloud or Crazy Horse.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Sioux Fires Burn Again...: Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, William Fire Thunder, Herbert Holy Elk, Charles Under the Baggage, Joseph One Feather. Oglala Sioux Declare Red Cloud Greatest...: Crazy Horse, Red Cloud, Jim Red Cloud, William Fire Cloud (Thunder), Ben Black Elk, Ethel Merrival, Leo White Bear, James Iron Cloud, Wallace, Little, John Six Feathers, Thias Fast Wolf, Silas B. Charles Under Baggage, William Bust, Fred Bissonette, Dave Black Hat, William Ghost Dog, Morris No Horse, Hobart Holy Elk, Isaac Iron Cloud, Ed Iron Cloud. Note: This article lists which of the people above voted for Red Cloud and which voted for Crazy Horse. Red Cloud 'Bad Man' and Vote was Fraud...: Standing Bear, Crazy Horse, Red Cloud. Chief Red Cloud vs. Crazy Horse: Leo White Bear, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, Standing Bear, William Fire Thunder, Sitting Bull, Gall, Little Hawk (Cheyenne), Dull Knife.
Folder: 5
File Title: Grouard, Frank
File Number: 37
Subject: Letters to J.W. Vaughn. Articles and notes exploring the origin(s) of Frank Grouard, sometimes also identified as Walter Brazeau. Includes a photocopy of a picture of him.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Idle Land Crops: Sally Twist (Twiss), Charles Twist (Twist), He Crow, William Garnette, Frank Gruard, Mick Boyer, John Boyer. Letters to J.W. Vaugh: Frank Grouard, Nelson Yarnell, Fred Hilman, R.E. Helvey, George Cohloff, David Gallino, Mitch Boyer, John Boyer, Charles Twiss, Sally Twiss, Woman's Dress, Minnie Martin, Nettie Goings, Joe Debarth, Sitting Bull, Sitting Bull the Good, Jules Ecoffie, Caddy Chouteau, John Brazeau, Picottes, Papineau, Black Lodge Pole, (Walter Brazeau), Frank Goings, John Cohloff.
Folder: N/A
File Title: Group Scenes,
Delegations: Old Photos File
Number: 38
Located
in
Folder: 6 File Title: He Dog: Sandoz' attempted interviews File Number: 39
Subject: Notes taken by Mari Sandoz in her attempts to
interview He Dog and others about Crazy Horse.
(1)
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Secondary Information: See "Sun Dance: Pine Ridge" (Box 5, Folder 32) in this
collection for a news clipping describing the 1930 Sun Dance Mari mentions
in her "junket" notes. See
also "Crazy Horse: Oglala Sources
on the Life of" (
Names Mentioned: Eleanor Hinman, Father Buechal, Helen Blish,
White
Folder: N/A
File Title: Individuals,
Families: Old Photos.
File Number: 40
Located
in
Folder: 7
File Title: Lakotas in the
Gordon Journal 1956-1962
File Number: 41
Subject: Newspaper clippings saved by Mari Sandoz from
the Gordon Journal which report daily life "news" from the
Pine Ridge Reservation area. The collection
includes three columns from the Wounded Knee area by Will Spindler, and one
which focuses upon Oglala and Pine Ridge Village news by May Belle Hockenbary.
There is an article dealing with the St. Margaret's Guild, the then
"Indian auxiliary" of St. Marks Episcopal Church in Gordon.
Two articles deal with the problem of prejudice and poverty in Gordon. One letter from then Chief Judge John Richard
complains about the failure of the Gordon police to take two injured tribal
members to
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: These articles are full of names, especially the "news" columns which detail daily comings and goings. Researchers are encouraged to browse this file.
Folder: 8
File Title: Lakotas in the
National News: 1942-1962. File Number: 42
Subject: Clippings assembled from the research files of Mari Sandoz. All deal with the Oglala Sioux Tribe in some way. "The Sioux" is a good example of the type of press Native Americans sometimes received in this period.
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Mary Coffee (Tall Woman), William Red Fox, Black Elk, Surrounded the Enemy, Beautiful Voice, Eagle Hawk, Will Spindler, Charles American Horse, Dewey Beard, Donald Knox, Good Voice, Iron Shell, American Horse, Ben Chief, Archie Allman, Bill Crow Eagle. "The Sioux" Holiday Magazine: William Spotted Crow, Dave Red Star, Joe Eagle Hawk, Amos Little, Aloysius Pumpkin Seed, Iron Hail (Dewey Beard), Charles Kills the Enemy, Agnes Eagle Hawk, Richard and Cora Good Soldier, Tibbits, Ambrose Belt, Joe Swift Bird, Julie Nashanany, Red Cloud, Crazy Horse, C.H. Powers, Ben American Horse.
Folder: 9
File Title: Lakotas in The
Subject: A full copy of Vol. 8 No. 19 of The
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Too numerous to list.
Folder: 10
File Name: Lakotas in The
Subject: Newspaper
clippings saved by Mari Sandoz from The Sheridan County Star which
report daily life news from the Pine Ridge Reservation. The collection includes several columns by May
Belle Hockenbary which focus on the
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: These articles are full of names. Researchers are; encouraged to browse this file.
Folder: 11
File Title: Land Issues: Oglala Sioux Tribe
File Number: 45
Subject: Articles from The Gordon Journal, The
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Ben Irving, Ella Irving, Moses Two Bulls, George Red Boy, Chester Red Kettle, Charles Under Baggage, Paul High Horse, Dave Badger, Howard Bad Bear, William Fill the Pipe, Ben Chief, James Roan Eagle, Theodore Means, Jake Herman, William Iron Elk, Oliver LaPointe, Joseph LaPointe, Oscar Hollow Horn, Felix Flying Hawk, Alex Respects Nothing, Richard Whirlwind Horse, Johnson Holy Rock, Hobert Bissonette, Wilbert Blackfeather, Stephen Feracca, Alfreda Janis.
Folder: 12
File Title: Lemmon, G.E.: Collection of Reminiscences File Number: 46
Subject: A collection of reminiscences of G.E. Lemmon,
a
Source: Mari Sandoz Collection, University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Names Mentioned: Hank Clifford, Mrs. Bob Pugh (former wife of John Richard: Emily Janis), Little Wolf, Dull Knife, Crazy Horse.
Folder: 13
File Title: McGaa, William: Biography Notes
File Number: 47
Subject: This folder contains copies of note cards and one magazine article from a resource file at the Library of the Colorado Historical Society. For more detailed information about these sources, contact the Colorado Historical Society.
Source:
Secondary Information: See also the "William Al McGaa" file
#96 in
Names Mentioned: Jack Jones, M. Jannesse (Nick Janis), Jenny McGaa (Jenny Adams), William Denver McGaa Jr. "Denver's 'Denver': Friend of the Indians": Jenny McGaa Brown, John and Mary Adams, John McGaa, Jessie McGaa, Joseph Brown, Joseph Brown Jr., George R. Brown, Jennie Brown, Mrs. Hazel McGaa Cuney, Mary Pourier McGaa.
Folder: 14
File Title: Mead, Mary: Papers of
File Number: 48
Subject: Part of a larger collection--the Mead-Cockrell Family--the papers in this folder are in three parts: (1) biographical materials, (2) the reminiscences of Mary Mead. The reminiscences include Mrs. Mead's impressions of: General Custer, Bishop Hare, Pine Ridge Village in the early 1880's, Dr. McGillycuddy, a Sun Dance (probably the 1881 "last Sun Dance), the Ghost `Dance, and (3) the papers of Ruth Cockrell. Also part of the larger Mead-Cockrell collection, these papers appear to be retyped news stories concerning the Wounded Knee Massacre.
Source:
Names Mentioned: Dr. McGillycuddy, Blue Bird, Ben Tibbets, Red Shirt, Annie Red Shirt.
Folder: 15 File Title: Mills, Lieut. Billy File Number: 49
Subject: An article concerning Billy Mills' victory in
the 1964 Olympic Games. Time Magazine,