Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers creation stories After oil was discovered beneath

After oil was discovered beneath their land

and Behind the Trail of Broken Treaties (1974)

These elders share stories about the girls and women of their childhood communities at mid-century (1930–1960)

a name that is sure to light up the sky

culture keeper

Voices from Pejuhutazizi: Dakota Stories and Storytellers creation stories After oil was discovered beneathA rich trove of stories told by five generations of a Dakota family. Through five generations at Pejuhutazizi (the place where they dig the yellow medicine), Teresa Peterson's family members have listened to and told stories: stories of events, migrations, and relationships in Dakota history, and stories that carry Dakota culture through tales, legends, and myths. In the 1910s, Wabdika (Fred Pearsall) made notes on stories he heard from Dakota elders,