Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : we are Dakota!
  • 1. Oral tradition
  • 2. Tell it straight
  • 3. We were given this language
  • 4. There I heard growing up : the first historical narrative
  • 5. I want to tell you something
  • 6. How I grew up : the second, third, and fourth historical narratives
  • 7. I believe in those Dakota ways
  • 8. They provide guidance : the fifth through the tenth historical narrative
  • 9. That which is mysterious
  • 10. They are warriors : the eleventh historical narrative and the first war story
  • 11. It makes for good thoughts
  • 12. Commentary : the first through the fourth commentaries
  • 13. discussion of different things
  • Conclusion : the people shall live
  • App. A. Explanation of Dakota orthography
  • App. B. Upper Sioux resolution.