FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Nov. 5, 2010

CONTACT:  Jeff Mammenga, Media Coordinator, (605) 773-6000, Jeff.Mammenga@state.sd.us

Book club features Sitting Bull book

PIERRE, S.D. – Those attending the November meeting of the History and Heritage Book Club will receive an inside look at editing when they meet at 7 p.m. CST on Tuesday, Nov. 9, at the Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre.

The featured book is Sitting Bull, Prisoner of War, the newest book published by the South Dakota State Historical Society Press.

Nancy Tystad Koupal, the director of research and publishing for the SDSHS, will explain the editing process for the book at the meeting.

The book club is sponsored by the SDSHS Press and the South Dakota Heritage Fund, the nonprofit fundraising partner of the SDSHS.

Sitting Bull, Prisoner of War focuses on the 22 months in 1881 to 1883 that Sitting Bull was a prisoner of war at Fort Randall in Dakota Territory. The book was written by Dennis C. Pope, a Welsh author and film producer.

The featured book for December is Hidden Heritage: The Story of Paul LaRoche by Barbara Marshak.

The book club meeting has tentatively been set for 5:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 7, at the Cultural Heritage Center. LaRoche will join the meeting by telephone.

LaRoche is the founder and keyboardist of Brulé, a contemporary American Indian music and entertainment group.

The featured books are available at the Heritage Stores in the Cultural Heritage Center and the South Dakota Capitol. Book club members receive a 10 percent discount, and SDSHS members receive an additional 5 percent discount when they purchase featured books in either Heritage Store.

For more information, contact Dorinda Daniel at Dorinda.Daniel@state.sd.us or (605) 773-6006.

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The South Dakota Heritage Fund is a private charitable nonprofit that seeks funding to assist the South Dakota State Historical Society in programming and projects to preserve South Dakota’s history and heritage for future generations.

The South Dakota State Historical Society is a division of the Department of Tourism and State Development and strives to help the state meet the goals of the 2010 Initiative by enhancing history as a tool for economic development and cultural tourism. The society is headquartered at the South Dakota Cultural Heritage Center in Pierre. The center houses the society’s world-class museum, the archives, and the historic preservation, publishing and administrative/development offices. Call (605) 773-3458 or visit www.history.sd.gov for more information. The society also has an archaeology office in Rapid City; call (605) 394-1936 for more information.