Badlands Bookstore

Packed with information on geology, paleontology, human history, flora, and fauna, this booklet has numerous identifying photos.

One in a large series of introductory books to the National Parks, this publication offers an excellent introduction to all of the resources that make up Badlands National Park. Dozens of beautiful full color photographs.

To accompany the scenic drive through the park, this book includes information on the facilities, overlooks, trails, and natural features of Badlands National Park.

A photo book revealing the beautiful scenery indicative of the South Dakota badlands.

An excellent overview of the natural and cultural history of Badlands National Park in a softbound, coffee table type book.

A guide for hikers, cross country skiers, and mountain bikers to Badlands, Wind Cave, and Theodore Roosevelt National Parks, Devils Tower National Monument, Custer and Little Missouri State Parks, and Black Hills National Forest.

From National Park Service and South Dakota State archives come the photos and history of the struggle to protect the White River Badlands as a national park. First called "Wonderland National Park," then "Teton National Park," the area was finally declared a national monument by Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1939. Concludes with a transcription of an oral history of one of the early cabin maids at Cedar Pass Lodge, who remembers dancing to Lawrence Welk and the Hotsy Totsy Boys in the Cedar Pass Dance Hall.

Goble is an internationally known author and illustrator who has written a series of children's books based on traditional Sioux stories. BNHA carries other stories by Paul Goble. Buffalo Woman weaves the lives of the Stand Up People (humans) with the Buffalo Nation.

A story of a Native American girl who was utterly devoted to the care of her tribe's horses.

Wonderful illustrations accompany this children's story of life on the prairie. Learn about the endangered black-footed ferret. Includes a "Douglas - The Cuddle Toy" plush black-footed ferret.

Beautifully illustrated, this large format booklet has been produced by the Institute for American Indian Studies at the University of South Dakota. Twelve traditional Lakota and Dakota stories are told with original artwork.

Part of the "Roadside Geology" series published by Mountain Press, this book features South Dakota's presence as a landscape - from glaciated rolling prairies in the east, across the Missouri River, and west to the rugged Badlands Wall and granite domes of the Black Hills. Written for the layperson and illustrated.

This is the only book in print specifically about the geology and paleontology of the White River Badlands of South Dakota at present. Originally written in 1920 by the President of the South Dakota School of Mines, it is filled with line drawings of skeletons and artist's reditions of what the creatures of the late Eocene and Oligocene who roamed the area that is now Badlands National Park might have looked like. There are also many historic photos.

One of the "Trails Illustrated" topographic maps, and completely waterproof, this map is a must for hikers venturing into Badlands National Park's backcountry or National Wilderness Area.

Badlands National Park is almost completely surrounded by the Buffalo Gap National Grassland, administered by the U.S. Forest Service. Anyone venturing into these areas would find this map particularly useful.

Does the U.S. government still make treaties with tribes? What are Indian self-determination and tribal sovereignty? How many American Indians are there? If you can answer these questions, you are way ahead of most Americans! Written by a non-Indian sensitive to the issues of concern to American Indians, this book goes a long way to knock down many of the dangerous stereotypes that haunt Indian people today.

If any great religious classic has emerged in this century or on this continent, it must certainly be judged in the company of Black Elk Speaks. The important aspect of the book, however, is not its effect on the non-Indian populace who wish to learn something of the beliefs of the Plains Indians but upon the contemporary generation of young Indians who have been searching for roots of their own in the structure of universal reality.

Described as "Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the nineteeth century." The book incorporates council records, autobiographies, and firsthand accounts to allow the chiefs and warriors of the Dakota, Utes, Sioux, Cheyenne, and other tribes to tell us of the battles and broken treaties that finally left them demoralized and defeated.

This book includes 3800 entries, 300 phrases, idiom drills, expressions of time, coinage, native birds and animals, and rules for forming Lakota sentences.

Reviled by the United States government as a troublemaker and a coward, revered by his people as a great warrior chief, Sitting Bull has long been one of the most fascinating and misunderstood figures in American history. The Sitting Bull who emerges from Utley's fast-paced narrative is a complex towering figure: A great warrior, a wichasha wakan (holy man), dignified by ultimately tragically stubborn defenders of the traditional ways.

Among the hordes of homesteaders who settled the American West were thousands of single women who hoped to gain for themselves a piece of land and the money and satisfaction that came with it. The memoirs of many of these self-described "girl homesteaders," long ignored by historians, show the significant impact these women had on their communities. Edith Eudora Ammons and her sister Ida Mary traveled to the "Land of the Burnt Thigh" - The Lower Brule Indian Reservation - in 1907. These two women worked to build community and "prove up" their claim. They started a newspaper, a school, battled prairie fires, and a blizzard.

This beautifully illustrated book includes forty five legends of the Sioux people of South Dakota. All are from traditional lore. The material was narrated to project members in 1941 by elders at pow wows or at religious meetings.

The last significant clash of arms in the American Indian Wars took place on December 29, 1890 on the banks of Wounded Knee Creek in South Dakota. Of the 350 Sioux Indians there, two thirds were women and children. When the smoke cleared, 84 men and 62 women and children were dead. Of some 500 soldiers and scouts, about 30 were dead - some from their own crossfire. Wounded Knee continues to be a controversial, emotional issue in American history. American Heritage describes this as "the most unbiased account" of all.

Based on interviews and life histories collected over more than 25 years of study on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, Powers conveys what it means to be a Lakota woman. This rich ethnographic portrait considers the complete context of Oglala and is enhanced by numerous modern and historical photographs.

50% of Badlands National Park is situated on the Pine Ridge Reservation and protected in trust for the Oglala Lakota. This booklet, written by Objibwe and Lakota members on staff at Oglala Lakota College, discusses reality of reservation economics, history, and patterns of life on Pine Ridge.

This collection of essays on contemporary Sioux religion, strengthened by its reliance on mostly Sioux voices, provides an important first step toward understanding the current directions of Sioux thought. The intention of the book is to explore the various religious traditions of the Sioux, viewing them from both historical and contemporary perspectives.

Described as "extraordinarily modern in spirit," this is one of the first books to delve into ethnobotany and ecology. This is an enlarged version of the original 1919 edition with new illustrations. Readers will find uses of native plants by Plains Indians for food, clothing, medicine, and ornamentation. An updated taxonomic index is included.

The impact Wounded Knee and the Ghost Dance religion have had on Native American peoples is without measure. This booklet introduces readers to Wovoka, the Paiute prophet of the Ghost Dance, the spiritual leadership provided by Sitting Bull, and white reactions to the Ghost Dance, and the ultimate tragedy at Wounded Knee.

Award-winning journalist Richard Manning "takes a critical look at this little-understood biome...showing how the grass is not only our last connection to the natural world, but also a vital link to our own prehistoric roots, our history, and our culture."

This book includes brief discussions on geology and geography, bird lists, descriptions of ecosystems, and human perspectives on these beautiful natural landscapes.

Combining astronomy with mythology, this text takes the rich mythology of the night sky and mingles it with scientific fact and theory. It includes perspectives from Asia, Europe, North and South America, and the Pacific Islands.

A depiction of the beautiful badlands scenery on a 3-1/2 x 2-1/4" patch.

For Junior Rangers who want to commemorate their status with a patch, this features the National Park Service arrowhead. Size: 3" x 2-1/2"

A gold and blue pin emblazoned with a bighorn sheep in the center and the words "Badlands National Park."

Size: 3/4" in diameter

A horizontal view of the badlands scenery.

Size: 1-1/4 x 1/2"