"Dakota Play on Words" Sample from Ella Deloria Papers at the American Philosophical Society (Mss.497.3.B63c) Courtesy American Philosophical Society.
Last year, Sitting Bull College Library began a collaboration with the American Philosophical Society archives in its ongoing digitization of the work of Dakota scholar Ella Deloria. Deloria was a Dakota educator, anthropologist, ethnographer and linguist among her people, recording linguistic, social, historical and cultural information for future generations. As of this writing, 184 documents can be found online in the American Philosophical Society Library database at this link
As part of the collaboration, Sitting Bull College Library will retain digital copies of the materials to make them available locally as the scanning continues. A short listing of the materials in the collection at APS can be read here. A more detailed breakdown of individual stories and subjects contained within the collection can be found at this link. For assistance accessing any of these materials, please contact Sitting Bull College Library.