Topic: American Indians / Type: Text / Location: and Village of Santee

Creator:: Riggs, Theodore F. (1874-1962)
Date Created:: 1908
Description:: This pamphlet was used to educate Dakota people about Tuberculosis. The Santee Normal Training School instructed Dakota children in the Dakota language. These children came from families who were removed from Minnesota to Nebraska after the U.S.-Dakota War in 1863. Reverend A.L. Riggs founded the school in 1870 as an academy to train Native teachers. The school developed a printing press in 1871 and produced many materials in the Dakota language.
Contributing Institution:: Synod of Lakes and Prairies, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
Type:: Text
Format:: Instructional materials

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