The Red Road and Other Narratives of the Dakota Sioux

  • Author Name: Daniel M. Beveridge
  • Award Year: 2021
  • Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
  • Publication Date: 2020
  • ISBN: 978-1-4962-1462-1

About the Book

This book will appeal to both scholarly and general audiences, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous. It documents the oral traditions of four members of the Wahpeton Dakota Nation, an Indigenous community about 15 km northwest of Prince Albert, SK, which was established by Dakota who fled Minnesota after the "Dakota War" of 1862. The book offers unique perspectives on Dakota spirituality, culture and history. This book presents two of the most important traditions of the Dakota people, the Red Road and the Holy Dance (also called the Medicine Dance), as told by Samuel Mniyo and Robert Goodvoice (both now deceased). Their accounts of these central spiritual traditions and other aspects of Dakota people, called by some the Santee Sioux, for the younger generation and others. The authors used over 230 words in Dakota, now a threatened language. A glossary and pronunciation guide is included.

About the Author

Authors Samuel Mniyo and Robert Goodvoice (both deceased). Edited by Daniel M. Beveridge. Beveridge, PhD, was born and raised in Saskatchewan and lives in Regina. He studied the four Dakota and Lakota communities in Saskatchewan for his MA in sociology (1965). His career was as an educator. He retired in 2003 as Assistant Professor of Education Emeritus after 31 years at the University of Regina.

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