Lakota Life after the Buffalo
Lakota Life after the Buffalo
Victor Swallow, a Lakota elder who grew up on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation of South Dakota, wrote 42 oral stories passed on for five generations dating back to the 1850s. What was life like? How did they make the transition? Here are his memories from when Lakota freely roamed the Dakota Plains and bison run wild to life in modern times at Lakota family gatherings.



