The Sicangu (burnt thighs) received their name when some of the Lakota peoples' legs were burned in a great prairie fire. The French later named them Brule, and two large groups of the band would be settled on two reservations, Rosebud and Lower Brule in South Dakota. Author Donovin Sprague examines the history of the Rosebud Sioux through a collection of photographs and personal family interviews.
Donovin Sprague is an author and historian. He is also an instructor at Oglala Lakota College and Black Hills State University, and Director of Education at Crazy Horse Memorial, all in South Dakota. A descendant of Chief Hump, and family descendant of Chief Crazy Horse, he is an enrolled tribal member of the Cheyenne River Sioux. He has written three other books for the Images of America series: Cheyenne River Sioux (2003), Standing Rock Sioux (2004), and Pine Ridge Reservation (2004).