Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires Press Kit

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Across the rolling plains of the Midwest, a great nation was created by a people who had their own system of government and a livelihood that was forever changed by settlers. The Oyate, the people, tell their own story in this hour-long documentary, Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires.

For viewers: Please contact your local public television to find out when they will be scheduling this program.

Below are resources for stations to use in promoting their carriage of Oceti Sakowin: The People of the Seven Council Fires:

Crow Creek, S.D., on the Crow Creek Reservation, about 1900. Photo courtesy South Dakota Historical Society Two Native Americans take a ride, one on horseback, one on a travois, in South Dakota, circa 1900. Photo courtesy South Dakota Historical Society
Yanktonai Dakota camp, South Dakota, circa 1900. Photo courtesy of the Edward S. Curtis Collection, National Archives Cheyenne River Indian School, S.D., circa 1900. Photo courtesy South Dakota Historical Society
Nicholas Black Elk of “Black Elk Speaks” fame, South Dakota, circa 1900. Photo courtesy South Dakota Historical Society Three Native American riders in South Dakota, circa 1900. Photo courtesy of the Edward S. Curtis Collection, National Archives

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