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Siouxland is a vernacular region that encompasses the entire Big Sioux River drainage basin in the U.S. states of South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska and Iowa.〔(George H. ) "Whence Siouxland?" ''Book Remarks'' (City Public Library ), May 1991. This article includes remarks by Frederick Manfred and others from interviews with George H. Scheetz, then director of the Sioux City Public Library.〕 A "vernacular region" is a distinctive area where the inhabitants collectively consider themselves interconnected by a shared history, mutual interests, and a common identity. Such regions are "intellectual inventions" and a form of shorthand to identify things, people, and places. Vernacular regions reflect a "sense of place," but rarely coincide with established jurisdictional borders.〔 The lower Big Sioux River drainage basin stretches from Sioux City, Iowa, to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, an area that includes much of northwestern Iowa, the northeast corner of Nebraska, the southeast corner of South Dakota, and the extreme southwest corner of Minnesota. The term "Siouxland" was coined by author Frederick Manfred in 1946. Manfred was born in Doon, Iowa, a small town in Lyon County. ==Origin== Frederick Manfred, who grew up in this region, set his novels in Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa, and Nebraska, but these names alone did not meet his needs. Manfred said, "I wanted to find one name that meant this area where state lines have not been important. I tried ''Land of the Sioux,'' but that was too long, so ''Siouxland'' was born" in 1946.〔 The following year, it was first used in the prologue to Manfred's third novel, ''This Is the Year'' 〔Manfred, Frederick (Feike Feikema ). ''This Is the Year''. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1947. No ISBN〕—
''Time'' magazine, reviewing the novel on 31 March 1947, introduced ''Siouxland'' to its readers by quoting from the book: "By a river in the Siouxland he stood weeping."〔〔''Time'', 31 March 1947〕 By the summer of 1948, Alex Stoddard, Sports Editor of the ''Sioux City Journal,'' had begun referring to "Siouxland teams."〔 Soon after Manfred's fictional naming of Siouxland, commercial and political entities adopted the name and made it widely known.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「siouxland」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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