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Louis Garcia Papers

Collection Overview

Title: Louis Garcia Papers

ID: OGLMC/789

Creator: Garcia, Louis (1940-)

Extent: 1.75 Linear Feet

Date Acquired: 12/23/1982

Languages: English [eng]

Scope and Contents of the Materials

The Louis Garcia Papers mainly consist of photocopies of Garcia's research notebooks regarding Spirit Lake Dakota history, genealogy, language, and culture.

The first notebook was created in 1970.

Administrative Information

Accruals:

Louis Garcia added to the collection:

March 12, 1984 (84-1279); January 10, 1985 (85-1351); July 25, 1986 (86-1459); June 12, 1988 (88-1600); July 1988 (88-1611); November 28, 1989 (89-1688); December 30, 1991 (92-1802); December 30, 1992 (93-1860); December 27, 1994 (94-2001); April 11, 1996 (96-2072); May 4, 1999 (99-2287); September 10, 2008 (2011-3098)

Access Restrictions: Open for inspection under the rules and regulations of the Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections.

Acquisition Source: Louis Garcia, Tokio, North Dakota

Acquisition Method: Donation; 83-1052

Original/Copies Note: Louis Garcia maintained possession of all of his original materials. The items in this collection are photocopies.

Related Publications:

All books available in Special Collections.

Little Fish: head chief of the Dakota on the Fort Totten Reservation. by Mark Diedrich and Louis Garcia. Rochester, MN: Coyote Books, 2009.

Ignatius Court: "Dakota congressman" of the Fort Totten Reservation. by Mark Diedrich and Louis Garcia. Rochester, MN: Coyote Books, 2009.

The history and culture of the Mni Wakan Oyate (Spirit Lake Nation). by the North Dakota Department of Public Instruction and Louis Garcia. Bismarck, ND. 1997.

Grass Dance of the Spirit Lake Dakota. by Louis Garcia (with Mark Diedrich). Fort Totten, ND: Cankdeska Cikana Community College Publishing, 2014.

Preferred Citation: (Description of Item). Louis Garcia Papers. OGLMC 789, Box #, Folder #. Elwyn B. Robinson Department of Special Collections, Chester Fritz Library, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks.

Finding Aid Revision History: Finding aid input to Archon in February 2022.


Box and Folder Listing

Box 1Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Book 1, 1970-1971Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Book 2Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Book 3, 1972Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Book 4, 1973Add to your cart.
Folder 5: Book 5, 1974Add to your cart.
Folder 6: Book 6, 1977-1979Add to your cart.
Folder 7: Book 7, 1980Add to your cart.
Folder 8: Book 8, 1982, 1982Add to your cart.
Folder 9: Book 9, 1983Add to your cart.
Folder 10: Book 10, 1985-1986Add to your cart.
Folder 11: "Sioux Translations into English"Add to your cart.
Folder 12: Book 10, 1985 (duplicate copy of folder 10)Add to your cart.
Folder 13: Moccasin Tracks (November 1982)Add to your cart.
Folder 14: American Indian Crafts and Culture (June 1971, November 1971, April 1973)Add to your cart.
Folder 15: Whispering Wind: American Indian Past and Present (February 1976, May 1976, September 1976, March 1977, Fall 1989, Summer 1991, Fall 1991)Add to your cart.
Folder 16: The Minnesota Archaeologist (November 1979)Add to your cart.
Folder 17: Book 11, 1987-1988Add to your cart.
Folder 18: How to Play the Dakota Moccasin Game: an American Indian Pastime. by Ephriam Hill Sr. and Kenneth Hill. 1988Add to your cart.
Folder 19: Correspondence regarding Henry Two Bear, 1988Add to your cart.
Folder 20: Book 12, 1988-1991Add to your cart.
Folder 21: Book 13, 1991Add to your cart.
Folder 22: Book 14, 1992Add to your cart.
Box 2Add to your cart.
Folder 1: Notebook, "Dakota Place Names" (folder 1)Add to your cart.
Folder 2: Notebook, "Dakota Place Names" (folder 2)Add to your cart.
Folder 3: Notebook, "Hidatsa Place Names"Add to your cart.
Folder 4: Book 15Add to your cart.