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Tatanka: A Way of Life | SDPB Documentary
The reclamation of identity, culture, and traditions are all involved with the reintroduction of buffalo. It is an inherent right for tribes to reintroduce and manage buffalo on their reservations to preserve their way of life.
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Tatanka: A Way of Life | SDPB Documentary
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Lost Bird of Wounded Knee - Massacre at Wounded Knee
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People of the Bison
Dakota Life
Lakota Horse Symbols
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Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fire
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Stories of the Horse
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Live and Remember
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A Dark Day - Massacre at Wounded Knee
The Warrior Tradition
Image of Native Americans and Stereotypes | Lesson
Dakota Life
Lakota Horse Song
American Masters
Zitkála-Šá: Trailblazing American Indian Composer
History Detectives
Extended Interview: Alfred Red Cloud
American Masters
The First American Indian Doctor
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Meet the famous medicine man of the Oglala Lakota people, Black Elk | SD Landscapes
Landscapes of South Dakota
Landscapes of South Dakota: Red Cloud
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Landscapes of South Dakota: Crazy Horse
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Dakota Life | Native Garden
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Savor Dakota: Indian Tacos -Vermillion
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Lone Star Quilts | Points of Pride: South Dakota's Quilting Heritage
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Dakota Life: Hermis Tall, Relay Rider
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Dakota Life: Lakota Artist Roots
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Wicoti Tiwahe - Family Camp
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The Giveaway: Conversations with Billy Mills
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Women's Fancy Shawl Dance
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Landscapes of South Dakota: Oscar Howe
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Bryan Akipa Performs at Lighting of "Dignity of Ea
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Dakota Life: Ghost Dance at Wounded Knee
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Savor Dakota: Honey Lodge
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Edible Landscapes
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A School's Spirit: St. Mary's Boarding School
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Men's Traditional
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Nellie Two Bulls
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Meet one of the Sioux Messengers, Clarence Wolf Guts | Dakota Life
Marc Linn
Lakota Star Knowledge documentary excerpt
PBS NewsHour
Sec. Haaland on the value of Native American representation
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Should Native Americans control national parks?
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Why Native Americans are excited about the future
Origin of Everything
Did Europeans Enslave Native Americans?
American Masters
The First Native American to Win the Pulitzer
The Warrior Tradition
The Warrior Tradition
The Warrior Tradition
The Image of Native Americans
The Warrior Tradition
Native American Women in the Military | Lesson Plan Segment
The Warrior Tradition
Image of Native Americans and Stereotypes | Lesson Plan
The West
Exploring The West
American Experience
"Civilization" and Native Americans
American Experience
The Relocation of Native Americans
American Experience
The US Government's Education of Native American Children
Dakota Life
Greetings from Eagle Butte
Monstrum
Windigo: The Flesh-Eating Monster of Native American Legend
American Experience
President Jackson and the Indian Removal Bill
PBS NewsHour
Indigenous survivor shares boarding school abuse experience
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Music Matters: Dallas Chief Eagle
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Music is Medicine
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A Reason to Dance
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TAKUWE
Dakota Life
Greetings from Mission
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Miss Indian World | Dakota Life
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Mission Equine Therapy | Dakota Life
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Mission of Food Sovereignty | Dakota Life
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Sicangu Heritage Center | Dakota Life
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Step Into My Studio | Story Painters
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In Memoriam: Kevin Locke
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Dakota Life: Telling Our Own History
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Honoring elders and preserving Lakota identity
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Our South Dakota - The Wounded Knee Ghost Dance Shirt
Reconnecting Roots
Native Americans: An Uncommon History
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South Dakota Tribal Relations Interim Meeting
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1982 Oscar Howe Documentary | SDPB Documentary
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Preserving the Sioux Language | Dakota Life
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Native American Suffragettes | Simple Justice: Suffrage in South Dakota
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Meet world renowned artist Oscar Howe | SD Landscapes
Winter Count
A winter count is a pictographic record of historical/memorable events for a tiospaye (community). The site incudes lesson plans, videos, background information, and interviews. (Photo Taken at The Buechel Memorial Lakota Museum, St. Francis, SD)
Lakota Berenstain Bears
Watch online, activity ideas, and more.
Nellie Two Bulls
It is impossible to know how many lives Nellie Two Bulls has influenced. She was referred to as "Grandma Nellie" by thousands. (Archival Video)
The National Museum of the American Indian
Provides educators and students with new perspectives on Native American history and cultures.
Carrying on the Vision
God speaks in the wisdom of an ancestors, and in daily inspiration.
Return of Horse Nation | Dakota Life
After the losses experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many children were dealing with mental health issues. Members of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe developed a horse program to help those children navigate their path to healing.
Welcome to SDPB’s Native American Studies section. We provide a rich array of educational content from Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires to documentaries like Lost Bird of Wounded Knee. On this site, you will find engaging educational resources. Thank you for visiting SDPB and have a great day!
Featured Resources
Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires
Video and Guide (MS-HS)
Activity Starters
Video series designed for kids in PreK through 4th grade.
Competing for the Future | Dakota Life
Tashina Red Hawk won the rodeo queen honor for the second time in three years. Red Hawk has been riding and training horses since she was four. Her horses are like family to her.
Photographer Bill Groethe and the Last Survivors of the Little Big Horn
Information, Video, and Photos
Resources
For K-12 Teachers and Parents
Lost Bird
Video, guide, and more!
Lakota Land
Stories of Pine Ridge Video Series
PBS Learning Media
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Sioux Messengers
Meet a Lakota Code Talker
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Meet Korean War code talker Don Laudner
Meet Don Laudner, who served his county as a native-speaking code talker during the Korean War.
A School's Spirit
St. Mary's Boarding School
Tatanka (Buffalo)
Intertribal Buffalo Council Cultural Harvest | Dakota Life
Intertribal Buffalo Council Board gathered in Flandreau, South Dakota, in July of 2023 to do a cultural buffalo harvest with the new harvest trailer. The trailer is a way to help tribes process buffalo on-site.
Traditional Use of Tatanka (Buffalo)
This PowerPoint series includes a brief history of buffalo in South Dakota. Also, there are photos of buffalo parts, like a buffalo hide and tail. Your students are encouraged to guess the traditional use of the buffalo part and its location on the buffalo.
Tatanka: A Way of Life | SDPB Documentary
The reclamation of identity, culture, and traditions are all involved with the reintroduction of buffalo. It is an inherent right for tribes to reintroduce and manage buffalo on their reservations to preserve their way of life.
History of the Vore Buffalo Jump | Dakota Life
In this 2000 Dakota Life story, SDPB takes you to the Vore Buffalo Jump in the northwest Black Hills. A natural sinkhole that served for centuries as a bison trap.
What characteristics make the American Bison suitable for the northern plains? | Dakota Life
As a species, Buffalo possess specific characteristics that make them well suited for life on the northern plains. In this Dakota Life story from 2000, we interview scientists who study the beasts. They tell us of characteristics unique to Bison.
Meet Oglala Lakota Artist Kevin Pourier who specializes in working with buffalo horn | Dakota Life
In this Dakota Life story from 2007, we meet Oglala Lakota Artist Kevin Pourier, who specializes in creating jewelry with buffalo horns.
Interactive Games from 7 Generation Games
From 7 Generation games
Making Camp Lakota - Interactive Game (Web and APP)
From 7 Generation Games
Making Camp: Dakota - Interactive Game (Web)
From 7 Generation Games
A List of the Available Games
South Dakota History Series
People of the Bison
On this page you will find educational resources for the Dakota Pathways episode called People of the Bison. There is an episode guide, additional videos, activities, and more.
A Dark Day - The Wounded Knee Massacre
On this page you will find educational resources for the Dakota Pathways episode called A Dark Day. There is an episode guide, additional videos, activities, and more.
Lakota Star Knowledge - Dr. Craig Howe
Craig Howe is the Director of the CAIRNS
Creation Of Moon Phases
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Craig Howe is the Director of the CAIRNS
North Star Romance
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Fallen Stars and Devil's Tower
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Craig Howe is the Director of the CAIRNS
Milky Way Spirit Path
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The Forest, The Treaty, And The Precedent For Returning Seized Land - Dr. Craig Howe
Craig Howe is the Director of the CAIRNS
The Forest, The Treaty, And The Precedent For Returning Seized Land
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Snake Visions: Metaphysical Place Knowledge and Medicine Knoll
Medicine Knoll, in Central South Dakota, exhibits an ancient and peculiar knowledge of place in the form of an enormous snake.
Landmarks: The Snake Butte Turtle Effigy
There are runic legends written in stone on hilltops across SD: giant snakes, turtles, mythical beasts, and sacred symbols. The meanings are a mystery to most of us.
Three Stones: An Arikara Legend
Three seemingly ordinary stones sit on a hill above some cabins at the Oahe Sunset Lodge on Lake Pocasse, just west of Pollock, South Dakota.
Traditional Food - Healthy Cooking
About the Lakota Food Sovereignty Summit
Sicangu Food Sovereignty Initiative - Rosebud, SD
More Traditional Foods
Recipes from PBS Food, including Cherokee bean bread and squash pie.
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Traditional Native foods are the Key Ingredient in the Sioux Chef's Healthy Cooking
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Minneapolis Restaurateur Revives Disappearing Native American Cuisine
alter-NATIVE: Kitchen
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Savor Dakota: Honey Lodge
What began as 3 hives have turned into 50 and the Honey Lodge program on the Rosebud Indian Reservation has become a place where youth learn about the land, the importance of pollinators, and how to engage their entrepreneurial spirit.