Taking Charge, Making Change gives voice to generations of Native people—from Crow Creek, Lower Brule, and other reservations in North Dakota and South Dakota—who shaped a school originally designed to foster Catholicism and assimilation. Local initiatives and collaboration transformed the Catholic Stephan Mission boarding school into the Crow Creek Tribal School, which now features both tribal traditions and American educational programs.

Ten Skills Every Genealogist Needs ebook helps you master essential genealogy skills so you can search smart and find more ancestors. In this Sassy Jane Genealogy eBook, you’ll find new records by searching the “Deep Web.” Find geographic locations past and present, read old handwriting, and translate international records to English. Information management skills help you scan photos and records once. Then earn how to insert information inside digital images. Enter data in your tree and name digital files consistently to organize your work.

While the Civil War raged in the East and South, Dakota Indians in Minnesota erupted violently into action against white settlers, igniting the tragic Dakota War of 1862. Hemmed in on a narrow reservation along the upper Minnesota River, the Dakota (Sioux) were frustrated by broken treaties, angered by dishonest agents and traders, and near starvation because of crop failures and late annuity payments.

A genealogist with a law degree, The Legal Genealogist Judy G. Russell, JD, CG, CGL, is a lecturer, educator and writer.

In The Lost Family, journalist Libby Copeland investigates what happens when we embark on a vast social experiment with little understanding of the ramifications. She explores the culture of genealogy buffs, the science of DNA, and the business of companies like Ancestry and 23andMe, all while tracing the story of one woman, her unusual results, and a relentless methodical drive for answers that becomes a thoroughly modern genetic detective story.