State regulation of labor conditions had its beginning in 1907 with the passage of a Workmen's Compensation Act. Many revisions have since been made in this law. A State welfare commission was formed in 1917 to regulate labor conditions; and two years later, partly through the efforts of this commission, a minimum wage law was passed and placed under the administration of the Workmen's Compensation Bureau. At the same time provision was made for regulating the wages and hours of women laborers. In 1936 North Dakota was the only State having an eight-and-one-half hour day provision for women in factories, stores, hotels, laundries, cafes, and telephone and telegraph offices.
ANCIENT INDIAN TURTLE EFFIGY
Photo by Russell Reid
SIOUX SUN DANCE AS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED
Copy of an old drawing courtesy of Frank Fiske
A MODERN SIOUX SUN DANCE CEREMONIAL
Photo by Paul S. Bliss