In this Book
- The Real Rosebud: The Triumph of a Lakota Woman
- Book
- 2004
- Published by: University of Nebraska Press
Rosebud’s father, Chauncey Yellow Robe, was the son of a Lakota chief and had a traditional childhood until he was sent to the Carlisle Indian School, where he became an advocate for Indian education and citizenship. He was instrumental in planning the 1927 ceremony that brought his daughter into national prominence—an induction of Calvin Coolidge into the Lakota tribe, capped by Rosebud placing a feathered war bonnet on the president’s head. Marjorie Weinberg follows the young woman from Rapid City, South Dakota, to New York City, where she became a noted lecturer and teller of Indian tales (and where her broadcasting career brought her name to the attention of Orson Welles, who may indeed have used her name for his famous sled in Citizen Kane). Reflecting a lifelong interest and a friendship that provided Weinberg access to family archives and a rich reservoir of family oral tradition, The Real Rosebud offers an intimate picture of a century and a half of a remarkable Lakota family.
Table of Contents
- Illustrations
- p. ix
- Preface: The Real Rosebud
- p. xiii
- Acknowledgments
- pp. xv-xvii
- Chapter 2. Chauncey Yellow Robe
- pp. 13-25
- Chapter 3. Life in South Dakota
- pp. 26-35
- Chapter 4. New York
- pp. 36-41
- Chapter 5. Jones Beach
- pp. 42-49
- Chapter 6. Later Years
- pp. 50-62
- Epilogue: Keeping the Promise
- pp. 63-68
- References
- pp. 79-82