A page for historical resources available on the Internet dealing with the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and Reservation. For resources dealing with Lakota/Dakota language see Lakota/Dakota Language and Culture Resources. For links and information to current Standing Rock businesses and institutions see the Standing Rock Links page. This page is under construction, so there is more to come soon
General Historical Resources Available Online
Pte Oyate: Buffalo Nation by Ladonna Brave Bull Allard
History of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe by Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
History and Culture of the Standing Rock Oyate by ND Studies
History and Culture of the Standing Rock Oyate by ND Department of Public Instruction
Oral History of the Dakota Tribes as Told to Col. A.B. Welch
The First Scout By Dakota Goodhouse
The Meaning of Patriotism: Memories of World War One on the Standing Rock Reservation
Wisdom of the Elders Video Recordings of Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Elders
Photographic Databases Containing Standing Rock Photographs
Denver Public Library Digital Image Collection
Over 120,000 images from Denver Public Library’s Western History and Genealogy collection.
Digital Horizons Photograph Database
Contains thousands of images, documents, videos and oral histories from the Northern Plains region.
Great Rivers Network
http://greatriversnetwork.org/index.php
A database that is a collaboration between cultural heritage institutions in Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota. It facilitates discovery of diverse resources such as photographs, artifacts, manuscripts, vital records and library catalogs.
Library of Congress American Memory Database
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/index.html
A large collection of images, documents, videos, written and audio items from the Library of Congress and other institutions.
Library of Congress Photographs and Prints Online Catalog
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/
Access to images held in the collections of the Library of Congress
Montana Memory Project: Montana’s Digital Library and Archives
http://cdm15018.contentdm.oclc.org/
The Montana Memory Project provides access to digital collections and items relating to Montana’s cultural heritage and government.
Standing Rock photographs from the 1930s and 40s from the National Archives
Some Selected Historical Documents on the Internet Dealing with Standing Rock
A growing number of public domain and government publications are becoming available online. We will add them here as they become available.
Airborne Geophysical Survey, Standing Rock, South Dakota and North Dakota
Problems on the Cheyenne River and Standing Rock Reservations Arising From the Oahe Project, 1950
The Problem of Indian Administration (aka The Merriam Report) 1928
BIA Overview of Standing Rock Geology
Family Plan and Rehabilitation Programs, Standing Rock Reservation: 1964
Geology of the Standing Rock and Cheyenne River Indian Reservations of North and South Dakota
Geohydrology of the Standing Rock Indian Reservation, North and South Dakota
Geology of Grant and Sioux Countries North Dakota
Guide to Catholic Related Records: Standing Rock Churches and Schools from Marquette University
Have the Indians of Standing Rock Been Fairly Treated? by George Kennen 1902
Impacts of the Army Corps of Engineers’ Pick Sloan Program on the Tribes of the Missouri River Basin
In the Land of Inyan Woslata: Plains Indian Influences on Reservation Whites
Magnetic Resonance Data, Standing Rock
Report of Socio-Economic Survey: 1951 Standing Rock Indian Reservation North and South Dakota
Soil Survey of Corson County, South Dakota
Soil Survey of Sioux County, North Dakota
Statistical and Narrative Report for Standing Rock Agency
“The Last Buffalo Hunt” and Beyond: Plains Sioux Economic Strategies in the Early Reservation Period
The Oahe Dam and the Standing Rock Sioux by Michael Lawson

Historic hand drawn map of the Grand River area on the Standing Rock Reservation (Sitting Bull College Archive)
Historic Maps of Standing Rock
1914 Geologic Survey Map of Standing Rock and Cheyenne River
1914 Topographic Map of Parts of Standing Rock and Cheyenne River