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South Dakota
The American Folklife Center was created in 1976 by the U.S. Congress through Public Law 94-201 and charged to "preserve and present American folklife." The Center incorporates the Archive
of Folk Culture, which was established at the Library of Congress in 1928, and is now one of the largest collections of ethnographic material from the United States and around the world.
Collections
The collections of the American Folklife Center contain rich and varied
materials from South Dakota that document the diversity of the state's
folk traditions. Among its recordings are Works Progress Administration
Federal Music Project documentation of fiddle and banjo music; Hutterite
music and religious services; songs of the Lakota Sioux; and a 1955 interview
with Dewey Beard, a Lakota Sioux and the last survivor of the Battle of
Little Big Horn.
South Dakota participated in the Library's Bicentennial Local Legacies
project, which includes documentation of local traditions and celebrations
for the American Folklife Center's Archive of Folk Culture.
Concert Webcast
November 15, 2007: Hoop Dances by Dallas Chief Eagle and Jasmine Pickner. Rosebud and Crow Creek Sioux tribes of South Dakota. [webcast and event flyer]
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