ranging from Andrew Jackson to John Chivington and George Armstrong Custer

has led an ordinary modern American Indian life filled with extraordinary moments

More than 120 men died

yet poignant

Getty made their fortunes and where desperadoes like Al Spencer

Dakota Texts Chickasaw ranging from Andrew Jackson toElla Deloria (18891971), one of the first Native students of linguistics and ethnography in the United States, grew up on the Standing Rock Reservation on the northern Great Plains and was trained by Franz Boas at Columbia University. Dakota Texts presents a rich array of Sioux mythology and folklore in its original language and in translation. Originally published in 1932 by the American Ethnological Society, this work is a landmark contribution to