Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

On behalf of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, Sitting Bull College Library, serving also as the community’s public library, will use its grant to purchase furnishings for its new library building, extend hours and service by adding a full-time staff person, pull together a vast number of Standing Rock historical documents, and gather and display 45 unique photographs of Sitting Bull. The various elements of this project are in response to priorities identified by the community, including increased library service and hours. In addition, community members, students, and researchers studying the history of the Standing Rock Sioux will now be able to access primary documents, including Census and agency records, military and church records, newspapers, and personal papers without having to travel to distant archives. And, with the display of Sitting Bull photographs in the new library, community members will be able to reconnect with their revered leader and ancestor.