Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
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Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve (b. 1933) was born and raised on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, the daughter of an Episcopal priest and a Lakota Sioux mother. Sneve received her B.S. (1954) and M.Ed.(1969) from South Dakota State University. She has taught English in public school of South Dakota, and at the Flandreau Indian School in Flandreau. Her career also includes editor at the Brevet Press in Sioux Fall, S.D. Sneve is a member of the board of directors, Native American consortium, Corporation for Public Broadcasting ; member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe; member of board of directors of United Sioux Tribes Cultural Arts; and Historiographer of the Episcopal Church of South Dakota.
[edit] Awards
- National Humanities Medalist, National Endowment for the Humanities, 2000
- Living Indian Treasure Award, South Dakotans for the Arts and Northern Plains Tribal Arts.
- Human Rights Award, South Dakota State Counselors Association, 1996
- Author-Illustrator Human and Civil Rights Award, National Education Association, 1996
- Spirit of Crazy Horse Award, Black Hills Seminars, Youth at Risk, 1996.
- Human Services Award, South Dakota Education Association, 1994.
- Native American Prose Award University of Nebraska Press, 1992.
- Writer of the Year Award, Western Heritage Hall of Fame, 1984.
[edit] Books
Dakota's heritage: A compilation of Indian place names in South Dakota, Brevet Press, 1973.
Betrayed, Holiday House, 1974.
Three Lakota Grandmother Stories: Health Lessons for Young Readers, Assn Amer Indian Affairs, 1975.
They Led a Nation : biographical and pictorial essays of 20 Dakota leaders, Brevet Press, 1975.
That they may have life: The Episcopal Church in South Dakota, 1859-1976, Seabury Press, 1977.
Jimmy Yellow Hawk, Holiday House, 1977.
The Twelve Moons, Houghton Mifflin, 1979.
A Dakota Pow Wow, Houghton Mifflin, 1981.
The time of the horse and The tribe of the burnt thigh, Houghton Mifflin, 1981.
Dancing teepees: poems of American Indian youth, Holiday House, 1989.
The Chichi Hoohoo Bogeyman, University of Nebraska Press, 1993.
When Thunders Spoke, University of Nebraska Press, 1993.
The Navajos, Holiday House, 1993.
The Nez Perce, Holiday House, 1994.
The Seminoles, Holiday House, 1994.
The Sioux, Holiday House, 1994.
The Hopis, Holiday House, 1995.
The Iroquois, Holiday House, 1995.
Cuentacuentos, MacMillan, 1995.
High Elk's Treasure, Holiday House, 1995.
Completing the circle, University of Nebraska Press, 1995.
The Cherokees, Holiday House, 1996.
The Cheyennes. Holiday House, 1996.
The Apaches, Holiday House, 1997.
The trickster and the troll, University of Nebraska Press, 1997.
Grandpa was a cowboy and an Indian and other stories, University of Nebraska Press, 2000.
How the ocean tides came to be, Scott Foresman, 2003.
Enduring Wisdom: Sayings from Native Americans , Holiday House, 2003.
Bad River Boys: A Meeting of the Lakota Sioux with Lewis and Clark, Holiday House, 2005.
Lana's Lakota Moons, Bison Books, 2007.
[edit] See Also
- Profile on Voices in the Gaps
- South Dakota Author Given Prestigious Award
- V. Driving Hawk Sneve to receive 1997 Living Indian Treasure Award
- A short biography on the Native American Authors Project from the Internet Public Library
