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This annotated bibliography contains 1,504 entries focusing on Native American cultures that existed across North and South Dakota in relative isolation from non-Indian influences before and immediately after contact with Whites. The book is aimed particularly at scholars and teachers of Native American studies. Entries include books, journal articles, doctoral dissertations, research reports, official documents, and reference works published from the mid-1800s to the present. Following a chronology of the history of the Dakotas, a chapter on prehistory cites items comprising information about Sioux and other Indian communities of the Dakotas derived from archaeological and anthropological analysis. Items in the second chapter supply profiles of traditional Sioux culture and some information about its change through exposure to non-Indians. Major themes include origins and survival of tribal sovereignty; land loss and the struggle to protect natural resources; conflicts with neighboring tribes and federations; and cultural studies of art, music, language, literature, material culture, kinship, traditional education, and life style. A chapter on religious traditions covers the Sacred Pipe of the Sioux, missionaries and the installation of Christianity, Peyote religion, spiritual teachings, the Ghost Dance, and the Sun Dance. The fourth chapter lists sources of information about Sioux people published in Canada and Europe. The final chapter cites reference works on Dakota, Lakota, and other Siouan languages, and on winter counts. Includes author and subject indexes covering this book and "South Dakota History: An Annotated Bibliography." (SV)