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Plain Words to Young Men

Pastoral exhortation warning young men against drinking, vice, and dissipation, detailing ruin (disease, crime, death) and urging moral discipline, purpose, and devotion to Christ.
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Protestant Missions in the Northwest

History of 19th-century Protestant missions among the Ojibwas and Sioux in the U.S. Northwest, detailing American Board, Methodist and Episcopal efforts, schools, translations, and conflicts.
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Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography

1893 edited volume 'Dakota Grammar, Texts, and Ethnography' presenting Dakota phonology, morphology, syntax, textual translations, and ethnography (laws, migrations, dances).
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A Dakota-English Dictionary

Preface to S. R. Riggs' Dakota-English Dictionary (Smithsonian 1892), outlining its history, contributors, dialectal notes, and editorial decisions. Includes alphabet and phonetic guidance.
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Cante Teca: The Pilgrim’s Progress

Dakota translation of John Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress (1892) by missionary Stephen R. Riggs. Allegorical devotional guiding readers through sin, conversion, pilgrimage, and heaven.
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Mary and I: Forty Years with the Sioux

Memoir of Stephen R. Riggs recounting forty years among the Dakota (Sioux): missionary life, Dakota language and Bible translation, schools, conversions, and hardships.
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In Memory of Rev. Thos. S. Williamson, M.D

Biography of Rev. Thomas S. Williamson, a 19th-century missionary and physician to the Dakotas who translated Scripture, founded missions, and endured severe hardships.
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Memorial Notices of Rev. Gideon H. Pond

Memorial notices and a biographical sketch of Rev. Gideon H. Pond (1810–1878), Minnesota pioneer missionary among the Dakota, translator, pastor, and civic leader.
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The Dakota Mission

History of the Dakota Mission (1830s–1850s): Presbyterian missionaries at Fort Snelling, Lake Harriet and Lac qui Parle, founding schools, translating Scripture into Dakota, and facing opposition.
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Memoir of Hon. Jas. W. Lynd

Memoir of James W. Lynd (1830–1862): self-taught scholar, Dakota linguist, trader, editor and Minnesota state senator. He was killed in the 1862 Lower Sioux uprising, his Dakota research largely lost.
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Model First Reader: Wayawa Tokaheya

1873 primer promoting the Sentence Method: teach reading from objects, pictures and whole expressions to build comprehension before word-level decoding. Practical, step-by-step teacher guidance.
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Sketches of the Dakota Mission

History of the Dakota Mission: early American missionaries' language work, schools, hardships and evangelization among the Dakotas, and the impact of treaties and U.S. policy.
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The Dakota Language

1850 address analyzing the Dakota (Sioux) language, its dialects and vocabulary; argues Christian education and missions should civilize, educate, and assimilate Native peoples.
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Dakota Bibliography

Bibliographic listing of 19th-century Minnesota Dakota-language publications: missionary translations, primers, hymns, catechisms, grammars, a Dakota periodical, and related works.
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Tak-Koo Wah-Kan, or the Gospel Among the Dakotas

History of Congregational mission among the Dakotas: Dakota language and religion (Ta-koo Wa-kan), missionary labors, trials including the 1862 uprising, and conversions.
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Dakota Odowan: Hymns in the Dakota Language

Dakota-language hymnal edited by Stephen R. Riggs and John P. Williamson, published by the American Tract Society. Contains Dakota translations of Psalms and hymns for Native congregations.
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Dakota ABC Book

1866 Dakota A‑B‑C primer (Dakota Wowapi), an alphabet and syllabary with a Dakota Bible reference. Printed in Chicago; copy held at Yankton College Library.
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