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Voices from Pejuhutazizi : Dakota stories and storytellers / Teresa Peterson and Walter Labatte Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: St. Paul, MN : Minnesota Historical Society Press, [2022]Copyright date: ©2022Description: ix, 195 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781681341842
  • 1681341840
Subject(s):
Contents:
Part 1. Returning through story -- Part 2. The voices. Waṡicunhdinażin-Water LaBatte Jr.; Wihake--Genevieve Pearsall Labatte; Tiwakanhokṡina--Walter LaBatte Sr.; Wakantiomaniwin--Eunice Amos; Wanbidiska--Fred Pearsall; Taṡinasusbecawin--Her Dragonfly Shawl Woman -- Part 3. The Stories. Stories impart values; Stories transmit traditions; Stories deliver heroes; Stories reconcile; Stories entertain; Stories tell of place; Stories provide belonging -- Part 4. A story of belonging.
Summary: "A rich trove of stories from Pejuhutazizi K'api, the place where they dig the yellow medicine--now also known as the Upper Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota."--Back cover.
List(s) this item appears in: FPL Indigenous Peoples' Day for All Ages | Indigenous Voices
Holdings
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 970.0049 P485 Available 33111010843841
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A rich trove of stories told by five generations of a Dakota family.

Through five generations at Pejuhutazizi (the place where they dig the yellow medicine), Teresa Peterson's family members have listened to and told stories: stories of events, migrations, and relationships in Dakota history, and stories that carry Dakota culture through tales, legends, and myths.

In the 1910s, Waŋbdiṡka (Fred Pearsall) made notes on stories he heard from Dakota elders, including his mother-in-law, at the Upper Sioux Community in Mni Sota Makoce--Minnesota. In the 1950s, when he wrote them down in a letter to his daughters, his young grandson Waṡicuŋhdinażiŋ (Walter "Super" LaBatte Jr.) was already listening and learning from his family's elders and other members of the community. And then that grandson grew up to become a storyteller.

Teresa Peterson, the great-granddaughter of Fred and the niece of Super, has her own story of finding identity to tell. In this book, she has worked with her uncle to present their family's precious collection. These stories bring people together, impart values and traditions, deliver heroes, reconcile, reveal place, and entertain. Finally, as they bring delight to listeners, they provide belonging and nurture humanity.

Some letters in names use Dakota orthography.

Includes bibliographical references.

Part 1. Returning through story -- Part 2. The voices. Waṡicunhdinażin-Water LaBatte Jr.; Wihake--Genevieve Pearsall Labatte; Tiwakanhokṡina--Walter LaBatte Sr.; Wakantiomaniwin--Eunice Amos; Wanbidiska--Fred Pearsall; Taṡinasusbecawin--Her Dragonfly Shawl Woman -- Part 3. The Stories. Stories impart values; Stories transmit traditions; Stories deliver heroes; Stories reconcile; Stories entertain; Stories tell of place; Stories provide belonging -- Part 4. A story of belonging.

"A rich trove of stories from Pejuhutazizi K'api, the place where they dig the yellow medicine--now also known as the Upper Sioux Indian Community in Minnesota."--Back cover.

Applied Changes to LCSH Related to Indigenous Peoples http://hdl.handle.net/1993/31177 MnManS

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