Lak'ota pte'ole hokšíla Iowansa: Wo'unspe t'okahe

Lakota Sioux such as George Defender won fame as rodeo cowboys during the early decades of the last century. This collection of songs and verses suitable for elementary schoolchildren celebrated that proud tradition while offering students on the Pine Ridge Reservation (in the state of South Dakota) a chance to hone their reading skills in both the Lakota and English languages.

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Often readers looking at historic children's books featuring indigenous content may make the assumption that there are no Indigenous Americans alive today. The following books are a small sample of books that reflect the culture and the individual indigenous nations whose lands are unceded to the present occupiers.

To learn more about these books and books like them please visit the following websites:

• http://inhabitmedia.com/
• http://gim-ojibwe.org/
• http://thunderfineart.com/