Salt Camp: Her Story - Lakota Living Treasure
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Book Description
SALT CAMP is the autobiographical narrative of South Dakota\'s 2002 Indian Living Treasure, Ollie Napesni, Lakota Sioux from Rosebud Reservation. It contains thirteen legends including "How Salt Camp Got Its Name."
About the Author
Lakota language teacher, storyteller, traditional beader, doll maker and renowned quilt maker, Ollie Napesni continues teaching classes at Sinte Gleska University on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. She has spoken at the United Nations at the Cry of the Earth Conference in November 1993. She received the National Indian Education Association\'s Elder of the Year Award in 2002 and also the 2002 South Dakota Indian Living Treasure Award. She has made over six hundred star quilts since 1980 and her Veteran\'s Quilt is on display at the Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City.
SALT CAMP: HerStory - Lakota Living Treasure,Ollie Napesni,Trafford Publishing,1412003385,1917-,Biography,Biography & Autobiography,Biography / Autobiography,Biography/Autobiography,Dakota women,General,Napesni, Ollie,,Native American,People of Color,Women,American history,Biography & Autobiography / People of Color,Biography: general,Black studies,History of specific racial & ethnic groups,USA,Women's studies
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