Reservation Frontier Project Records

Collection — Box: 1

Identifier: OGLMC-1401

Scope and Contents

The Reservation Frontier Project Records consist of eleven oral history interviews conducted by Dr. Karen Hansen of Brandeis University. In 1999, she interviewed several people who lived near Devils Lake, North Dakota, especially near the Spirit Lake Reservation. Dr. Hansen's intent was to explore the intersection of the lives of Scandinavian settlers with those living on the reservation. In 2013, Dr. Hansen published Encounter on the Great Plains: Scandinavian Settlers and the Dispossession of Dakota Indians, 1890-1930. This book is available in Special Collections.

Dates

created: 1999
Other: Date acquired: 08/16/1999

Creator

Hansen, Karen V. (Person)

Conditions Governing Access

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

Full Extent

0.25 Linear Feet

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Arrangement Note

The original order of the materials was maintained.

Source of Acquisition

Dr. Karen V. Hansen, Department of Sociology, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts

Method of Acquisition

Donation; 99-2408 and 2000-2421

Related Publications

Karen V. Hansen Encounter on the Great Plains: Scandinavian Settlers and the Dispossession of Dakota Indians, 1890-1930. Oxford University Press, 2013. Call number: F645 .S2 H35 2013