Welcome to the Oglala Nation
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Welcome to the Oglala Nation

A Documentary Reader in Oglala Lakota Political History

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  2. English
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Welcome to the Oglala Nation

A Documentary Reader in Oglala Lakota Political History

About this book

Popular culture largely perceives the tragedy atWounded Knee in 1890 as the end of Native American resistance in the West, and for many years historians viewed this event as the end of Indian history altogether. The Dawes Act of 1887 and the reservation system dramatically changed daily life and political dynamics, particularly for the Oglala Lakotas. As Akim D. Reinhardt demonstrates in this volume, however, the twentieth century continued to be politically dynamic. Even today, as life continues for the Oglalas on the Pine Ridge Reservation in southwestern South Dakota, politics remain an integral component of the Lakota past and future. Reinhardt charts the political history of the Oglala Lakota people from the fifteenth century to the present with this edited collection of primary documents, a historical narrative, and a contemporary bibliographic essay. Throughout the twentieth century, residents on Pine Ridge and other reservations confronted, resisted, and adapted to the continuing effects of U.S. colonialism. During the modern reservation era, reservation councils, grassroots and national political movements, courtroom victories and losses, and cultural battles have shaped indigenous populations. Both a documentary reader and a Lakota history, Welcome to the Oglala Nation is an indispensable volume on Lakota politics.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. A Note on Terminology
  9. Introduction
  10. Oglala Political History: An Overview
  11. Documents in Oglala Lakota Political History
  12. 1. Origins of the Očeti Sakowiŋ
  13. 2. Oglala Winter Counts
  14. 3. Jean-Baptiste Truteau Describes Lakota Politics and Expansion
  15. 4. Treaty with the Sioune and Oglala Tribes
  16. 5. Francis Parkman Observes an Oglala Political Meeting
  17. 6. Oglalas Meet with U.S. Officials
  18. 7. Second Treaty of Fort Laramie
  19. 8. Breaking Up the Great Sioux Reservation
  20. 9. Breaking Up Pine Ridge Reservation and Organizing Bennett County
  21. 10. Preamble to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Oglala Tribal Council
  22. 11. John Collier’s Plains Congress, Rapid City, South Dakota
  23. 12. The Indian Reorganization Act
  24. 13. Preamble to the Constitution and Bylaws of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Reservation of South Dakota
  25. 14. Final Meeting of the Oglala Tribal Council
  26. 15. Oglala Sioux Tribal Council Resolution No. 1
  27. 16. Meetings of the Oglala Sioux Tribal Council
  28. 17. Christianity and Politics on Pine Ridge Reservation
  29. 18. Initial Ordinances and Resolutions of Oglala Sioux Tribal Council
  30. 19. Early Ordinances and Resolutions of Oglala Sioux Tribal Council
  31. 20. Oglala Sioux Tribe Bans Display of “Uncivilized Practices”
  32. 21. Office of Indian Affairs Monitors the Cutting of Timber
  33. 22. Office of Indian Affairs Curtails Oglala Sioux Tribal Authority
  34. 23. Letters of Frank Ecoffey
  35. 24. Office of Indian Affairs Officials Suggest Forcing Pine Ridge Oglalas to Contribute to War Effort
  36. 25. Interior Secretary Harold Ickes Restricts Tribal Government Membership
  37. 26. Tribal Council Terminates the Tribal Buffalo Herd
  38. 27. Letter Granting Mr. and Mrs. Fast Horse Permission to Leave Pine Ridge Reservation
  39. 28. Resolution to Remove Pine Ridge Superintendent W. O. Roberts
  40. 29. Tribal Council Authorizes a Delegation to Washington DC
  41. 30. Porcupine District Council Demands a “White Man” as Farm Agent
  42. 31. Congress Authorizes Compensation for Gunnery Range Land Seizures
  43. 32. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Demands Greater Bureaucratic Efficiency
  44. 33. Edison Ward Interviews South Dakota State Attorney Robert Maule
  45. 34. Tribal President Johnson Holy Rock Interviewed
  46. 35. Former Tribal Council Member Thomas Conroy Interviewed
  47. 36. Future Tribal President Gerald One Feather Interviewed
  48. 37. Oglala Sioux Tribe Bill of Rights
  49. 38. Interior Department Certifies Pine Ridge Elections
  50. 39. Presidential Hopeful Robert Kennedy Visits Pine Ridge Reservation
  51. 40. Political Tensions on Pine Ridge Reservation
  52. 41. Tribal Council Attempts to Suspend the Tribal President and Vice President
  53. 42. Conflict on Pine Ridge Reservation
  54. 43. Tribal President Richard Wilson’s Inauguration
  55. 44. Tribal Council Seats Representative Kills Straight
  56. 45. Pine Ridge Superintendent Stanley Lyman Interviewed
  57. 46. Tribal President Richard Wilson’s Impeachment Hearing
  58. 47. Anti-Wilson Tribal Member Interviewed
  59. 48. A Tribal Policeman’s Observations of Pine Ridge Reservation
  60. 49. Tribal President Richard Wilson Discusses Pine Ridge Politics
  61. 50. Chuck Trimble Discusses the Current Political Situation
  62. 51. U.S. Civil Rights Commission Report on Pine Ridge Election
  63. 52. United States vs. Sioux Nation of Indians
  64. 53. President Bill Clinton Addresses Pine Ridge Reservation
  65. 54. Camp Justice Protests Alcohol Sales and Unsolved Murders at Whiteclay, Nebraska
  66. 55. Protests at Red Cloud Administration Building End
  67. 56. Tribal President Cecilia Fire Thunder Is Impeached
  68. 57. Federal Approval of Casino Gambling on Pine Ridge Reservation
  69. 58. Prairie Wind Casino Opens on Pine Ridge Reservation
  70. 59. Amendment to the Oglala Sioux Tribal Constitution
  71. 60. Oglala Sioux Tribe Debates Legalizing Alcohol on Pine Ridge Reservation
  72. Appendixes
  73. Notes
  74. Glossary and Pronunciation Guide
  75. Bibliographic Essay
  76. Index
  77. About Akim D. Reinhardt