Native American Authors

Rosebud Yellow Robe
, 1907-1992

Lakota

Sioux

Rosebud Yellow Robe Frantz, member of the Lakota-Oyate (Sioux) tribe and a great-grandniece of Chief Sitting Bull, was born in Rapid City, S.D. and spent most of her life in New York. Her career included many years as director of the Indian Village at Jones Beach State Park on Long Island. Later, she continued to educate others about Native American culture through her writings and lectures. She passed away in 1992.

Online resources by or about Rosebud Yellow Robe:

Rosebud Yellow Robe
Author: Kathleen Del Monte, Karen Bachman, Catherine Klein, Bridget McCourt
Type: authorbio
Description: Information about Yellow Robe from “Celebrating Women Anthropologists”, a site created by 4 USF anthropology graduates students.

URL: http://www.cas.usf.edu/anthropology/women/rosebud/Rosebud.html

Books by Rosebud Yellow Robe:

Yellow Robe, Rosebud. An album of the American Indian
New York : F. Watts , 1969.
Genre: Nonfiction
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0803789734

Yellow Robe, Rosebud. Tonweya and the eagles, and other Lakota Indian tales
New York : Dial Books for Young Readers, 1979.
Genre: Folklore
Audience: Youth
ISBN: 0803789734

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