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(1) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 02:05:56 -0400 From: "J.M. Prince" <jmprince@worldnet.att.net> Subject: REPLY: Lakota/Dakota Foodways Dear Ms. Anderson, Well some basic historical sleuthing should get you started. The Annual Reports to the Commissioner of Indian Affairs, (Dept. of the Interior) should contain some information on changing reservation 'food ways' throughout the 1880's-1890's. Your library should have these volumes either in the original bound copies or as microfilm. Standard ethnographies and bibliographies of the Sioux should also be helpful here (See: Marken and Hoover, 1980). Changing eating patterns came with changing foodstuffs, and required many adaptations and adjustments. A fairly popular book about the Sioux of the Rosebud can provide a wealth of photographic material to make some decent inferences as well (See: Anderson et al., 1971). While this latter book is largely from the Rosebud (SD) reservation of the period, it will provide some insight into the common experiences of the Sioux on the larger reservations of the time. Since it covers some of the same territory, I'll put in a shameless plug for some of my work as well (Prince, 1995, 1998). Again, I trust this will get you started. (BTW: They still have an Anthropology Dept. at Harvard, right?!) Good Luck! J.M. Prince, Ga. References cited: Anderson, J.A., Hamilton, H.W. and Hamilton,J.H. 1971, "The Sioux of the Rosebud". Norman:University of OK Press. Marken, J.W. and Hoover, H.T. 1980, "Bibliography of the Sioux" Metuchen, NJ.:Scarecrow Press. Prince, J.M., 1995, "Intersection of Economics, History, and Human Biology: Secular Trends in Stature in 19th Century Sioux Indians", Human Biology. 67:3, p387-406. Prince, J.M., 1998, "The Plains Paradox: Secular Trends in Stature in 19th Century Nomadic Plains Equestrian Indians, 1800-1870." Unpublished Ph.D.. Dissertation, Dept. of Anthropology, The Univ. of Tenn., Knoxville. - - - - - (2) Date: Fri, 23 Apr 1999 09:39:45 +0200 From: MARK THIEL <Mark.Thiel@marquette.edu> Subject: REPLY: Lakota/Dakota Foodways Photographic collections might be worth checking. However from my experience, family mealtime scenes on film are scarce before 1910s, as is the quantity and diversity of scenes in general. During the early reservation days, missionaries were among the few who used cameras on a daily basis and at times they captured family mealtime scenes while visiting homes. Here at Marquette University, we have extensive photo collections compiled by missionaries and others at Standing Rock as well as many other reservations in the Midwest and West. We might also have some pertinent textual information as well. If I can be of further assistance, please email me privately. Mark Thiel, Assistant Archivist Marquette University
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