Dakota Grammar : With Texts and Ethnography

Long out of print, this classic work on the Dakota language offers extensive information on Dakota Grammar and contains a bilingual section of Dakota myths. The book presents three inter-relating aspects of language and culture, beginning with a detailed description of the Santee dialect of the Dakota language and its grammar. The texts of traditional stories, as recounted in Dakota by native speakers, are accompanied by full English translations. Riggs also provides an ethnography overview of various aspects of Dakota culture and history that enhances the value of the book to all students of Dakota.

Stephen R. Riggs (1812-83) arrived in Minnesota in 1837 as a Presbyterian missionary to the Dakota Indians and was a noted scholar of Dakota literature. John D. Nichols is professor of American Indian Studies at the University of Minnesota and co-compiler of A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe.