![Archivist Tawa Ducheneaux stands over a quilt that dates to between 1913–1915. Each square was created by quilting club members from the Wounded Knee District in South Dakota and notes the maker’s identity, the date, and sometimes the family’s cattle brand.](https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/0118bookend.jpg)
Bookend: Tribal Heritage
January 2, 2018As both the academic library for Oglala Lakota Tribal College and the public library for the reservation, the Woksape Tipi Library oversees 13 branch libraries scattered over nearly 3,500 square miles. “We’re all about local access,” says archivist Tawa Ducheneaux (pictured), one of six library employees. If a staff member isn’t present at a branch … Continue reading Bookend: Tribal Heritage