Telling Stories
Telling Stories
Telling Stories South Dakota's history is filled with a wide variety of stories to be told and storytellers to tell them. From Zitkala-Sa (Gertrude Simmons Bonnin) to Laura Ingalls Wilder; from L. Frank Baum to Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, South Dakota, has been graced with fine authors and great storytellers. This episode takes a look at several of them and even reenacts some of their stories.
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