Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography

Stephen Return Riggs

Published by American Indian Culture Research Center, Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, SD, 1977

About this Item

American Indian Culture Research Center, Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, SD. 1977. Softcover/Trade Wraps. Book is tight, square, and unmarked but for H.I.J.C. (Haskell Indian Junior College) stamps on the textblock top and bottom, the first page, and the rear endpaper. Book Condition: Good +; sunfading to spine; edge and tip wear; rubbing to wraps. No DJ. Pictorial card stock wraps. Wraps are not bent or folded; spine is not creased or split; text is secure in binding. [xxxii] + 239 pp tall 8vo. This book is a copy of Volume IX of a Department of Interior publication on North American Ethnology, Washington, 1893 on Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography by Riggs. The entire section is a facsimile copy that is used as a textblook to teach the Dakota Language. The book contains grammar and pronunciation lessons, reading text in Dakota and English, and a section on tribal myths and history. A clean very presentable copy.

Seller Inventory # 016986

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography
• Publisher: American Indian Culture Research Center, Blue Cloud Abbey, Marvin, SD
• Publication Date: 1977
• Language: English
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: Reprint Edition
• Condition: Good +
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Indian Wars/American Indian Matters
  • Language
  • Americana