Researching Dakota Family History

Books

These are just a few of the many books about Dakota Indians in the Minnesota Historical Society Library. To find more, search the library catalog by subjects headings such as Dakota Indians—Biography; Dakota Indians—Minnesota—Genealogy, etc.

550 Dakota Verbs
Dakota English Dictionary
Dakota Grammar
Dakota Identity in Minnesota, 1820-1995
The Dakota or Sioux in Minnesota as They Were in 1834
The Dakota War of 1862
An English-Dakota Dictionary
History of the Santee Sioux: United States Indian Policy on Trial
Little Crow: Spokesman for the Sioux
Lower Sioux Community: Past & Present History
Mdewakanton Dakota Women: Active Participants in Mdewakantonwan Cultural Transformations, 1860-1900
The Mystic Lake Sioux: Sociology of the Mdewakantonwan Santee
Native American Genealogical Sourcebook
Through Dakota Eyes: Narrative Accounts of the Minnesota Indian War of 1862