Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story

By Donald F. Montileaux

Book Overview

After the Great Spirits created the world, Tatanka, the holy man, turned himself into a buffalo and sacrificed his powers to help the Lakota people survive. With all that Tatanka provided, the Lakotas... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0982274904
• ISBN13: 9780982274903
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: South Dakota Historical Society Press
• Length: 1 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.8" x 10.8"
• Age Range: 4 to 8 years
• Grade Range: Preschool to Grade 3

Customer Reviews

A profound tale, presented with great respect for Lakota culture.

Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story is a bilingual English/Lakota picturebook recounting a traditional creation story from the Lakota (also called Sioux) Indians. The striking and symbolic color paintings, deliberately created in a style to reflect the art created on buffalo hides by the illustrator's Lakota ancestors, add a vivid dimension to the tale. The story tells of the Trickster who fooled the Pte Oyate (Buffalo Nation) into leaving the Underworld, where they became the Ordinary People and needed help to survive. Tatanka, the holy man, provided that help by turning himself into a Buffalo and sacrificed his powers for the sake of the people. A profound tale, presented with great respect for Lakota culture.