Many native Indian tribes and nations shared their land between Canada and the United States so we can also turn to the USA for information on the history of them as well as Canadian resources.

Below I have listed a few antiquarian books that reveal interesting histories...

The Taming of the Sioux
By Frank Fiske
A Sioux Story of the War
Chief Big Eagle's Story of the Sioux Outbreak of 1862.
Ethnographic Collections
From the Assiniboine and Yanktonai Sioux in the Field Museum of Natural History by James W. VanStone
A Comprehensive History of the Dakota or Sioux Indians
By Doane Robinson
Myths and Legends of the Sioux
By Mrs. Marie L. McLaughlin (Text file) See also a pdf version with illustrations
The Heritage of the Sioux
by B.M. Bower (Text file). You can also download this as a pdf file.
The Red Record of the Sioux
Life of Sitting Bull and History of the Indian War of 1890-91
Report on a visit to the Sioux and Ponka Indians
On the Missouri River made by Wm Welsh July, 1872

Videos about the Sioux

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