Hymnal and cover
date: label: Date created
content: 1894-1915
name: label: Culture/People
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: Previous owner
content: Edna Biller (Edna Peninger/Mrs. George Biller, Jr.), Non-Indian, 1879-1952
label: Previous owner
content: Richard G. Taggart (Richard Gordon Taggart), Non-Indian, 1928-1997
label: Previous owner
content: Doris C. Taggart (Doris Lu Cyphers/Mrs. Richard G. Taggart), Non-Indian, 1927-1997
label: Donor
content: Richard G. Taggart (Richard Gordon Taggart), Non-Indian, 1928-1997
label: Donor
content: Doris C. Taggart (Doris Lu Cyphers/Mrs. Richard G. Taggart), Non-Indian, 1927-1997
label: Previous owner
content: Reverend Frank R. Jones (Frank Richard Jones), Non-Indian, 1876-1948
label: Previous owner
content: Kate Jones (Kate Muriel Biller/Mrs. Frank R. Jones), Non-Indian, 1887-1972
notes: label: Collection History
content: Printed hymnal ("Okodakiciye-Wakan Odawan") published by Thomas Whittaker and Church Literature Press, New York, New York, in 1894; this copy with its decorated cover formerly owned by Edna Peninger Biller (1879-1952), whose husband, Reverend George Biller, served as an Episcopal minister on the Rosebud Reservation between 1908 and 1912 and as bishop of South Dakota from 1912 to 1915; probably given by Edna Biller to her sister-in-law Kate Murial Biller Jones (1887-1972) and her husband, Reverend Frank Richard Jones (1876-1948), at an unknown date; inherited by Richard Gordon Taggart (1928-1997, a grandson of Kate and Richard Jones); donated to NMAI by Richard G. Taggart and his wife Doris Cyphers Taggart (1927-1997) in 1992.
label: Contact Us
content: Have a concern, a correction, or something to add? Contact us: https://nmai.si.edu/collections-statement
place: label: Place
content: Rosebud Reservation; Todd County; South Dakota; USA (inferred)
setName: label: See related items
content: Lakota (Teton/Western Sioux)
label: See related items
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of the American Indian
identifier: label: Catalog Number
content: 25/3885
label: Barcode
content: 253885.000
objectType: label: Object Type
content: Ceremonial/Ritual items
label: Indigenous Term
content: Wakan Cekiye Odowan (Holy Prayer Hymnal)
physicalDescription: label: Object Name
content: Hymnal and cover
label: Media/Materials
content: Paper, hide, porcupine quills, dye/dyes, thread
label: Techniques
content: Printed, bound, sewn, quilled (lane stitched)
label: Dimensions
content: 22 x 15 x 2.5 cm