also noticeable in later works such as Cheyenne Autumn (1953), The Horsecatcher (1957), and The Story Catcher (1963). Three other books of her Great Plains series, The Buffalo Hunters (1954), one of her best known, and The Cattlemen (1958) and The Beaver Men (1964) each develop the history of the West in relation to an animal species. Sandoz liked to encourage other writers. She presented summer writing workshops at institutions such as the University of Wisconsin–Madison, reviewed manuscripts sent to her by aspiring authors and provided helpful comments, and taught creative writing through programming produced by Nebraska Educational Television. She advised writers to "pick a subject you know well, and write about it." Sandoz kept writing, even within a month of her death from bone cancer in 1966. By her request, she was buried south of Gordon, Nebraska, on a hillside overlooking her family's Sandhills ranch. A bust of Sandoz along with others of the Nebraska Hall of Fame are displayed in the Nebraska State Capitol. An historical marker, placed by the Mari Sandoz Heritage Society is at the location where she lived while writing Old Jules. Awards 1950 - An honorary Doctorate of Literature from the University of Nebraska. 1954 - The Distinguished Achievement Award of the Native Sons and Daughters of Nebraska for her "sincere and realistic presentation of Nebraska as it was." 1958 - John Newbery Honor Medal for The Horsecatcher. 1963 - Spur Award for best Juvenile fiction for The Story Catcher. 1964 - Saddleman Award now called the Owen Wister Award for The Story Catcher. 1969 - The Mari Sandoz Award is established by the Nebraska Library Association. It is given annually to "significant, enduring contribution to the Nebraska book world through writing, film production, or related activity." 1975-76 - Inducted into the Nebraska Hall of Fame. 1998 - Inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Bibliography Non-fiction Old Jules. Boston: Little, Brown, 1935; Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1962. Crazy Horse: The Strange Man of the Oglalas. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1942. Cheyenne Autumn (book). New York: McGraw-Hill, 1953. The Buffalo Hunters. New York: Hastings House, 1954. The Cattlemen: From the Rio Grande Across the Far Marias. New York: Hastings House, 1958. Son of the Gamblin' Man: The Youth of an Artist. New York: Clarkson Potter, 1960. These Were the Sioux. New York: Hastings House,