Rochester, New York, 57

Rock Valley, Iowa, 72, 89, 100

Rogers, Lida, 115–116, 151–152, 219–220, 294, 305

Rolscreen. See Pella Corp.

Rons, Marlene, 192

St. Patrick’s Day, 4, 6, 36, 43

St. Paul, Minnesota, 40, 44–45, 48

Saugatuck, Michigan, 71

Schaap, James C., 315, 319

Schiller, Friedrich, 44

Schnyders, Dan, 289–290

Scholte, H.P., 61–62, 65, 67–68, 77, 80–82, 85, 91, 112, 134, 138, 228–231, 243, 250–254, 258–259, 262, 267, 273–276, 278–285, 322

Scholte, Leonora, 273

Scholte, Mareah, 252, 273–276, 278–283

Schoone-Jongen, Robert, 99, 103–105, 151, 162, 172, 206

Schreur, Nelva, 21, 142–148, 165, 190–191, 211, 219–220, 240

Seceders. See also Afscheding

defiance of governmental policies towards, 63–64

demographics of, 62, 64–65

legal strictures on, 62–64

and immigration to United States, 66–70, 76–79, 84–86, 89–90, 110, 252

persecution of, 62–64, 110, 284

Second World War, 23, 28, 30, 34, 41, 43, 45, 49–50, 52, 70, 74, 87, 90, 101, 103, 123, 137, 158, 162, 165, 167, 182, 189–190, 202, 223, 228, 234, 242, 244, 266, 274–275, 315

Sheboygan County

Dutch settlement inSee also Cedar Grove, Wisconsin; Oostburg, Wisconsin, 68, 70–72, 97

Sheeres, Janet Sjaarda, 5, 17, 31, 152, 173, 186, 332–333

Shepard, Alan, 276

Sinterklaas, 44, 102–103, 172, 177, 196, 231, 257

Simmons, Richard, 30

Sioux Center, Iowa, 72, 91, 93, 258

Sioux City, Iowa, 29, 143, 165

Sioux County, Iowa, 29, 71–72, 82, 106, 266

Sioux County Capital,, 22, 142, 189–190, 193, 220

Sioux Falls, South Dakota, 29–30

Sinke, Suzanne, 5, 17

Smothers Brothers, The, 123

Solvang, California, 51, 319

South Africa, 108–109

Dutch immigration to, 65, 70

South Beveland

traditional costume of, 195

South Dakota, 4, 29–30

Dutch settlement inSee also Harrison, South Dakota., 72–74, 98, 106, 169, 331

Spakenburg

traditional costume of, 143

Staphorst

traditional costume of, 195

Stott, Annette, 23, 152–159, 164

Stuyvesant, Petrus, 54–55

Sully, Iowa, 71, 162, 225

Surinam, 65

Swedish-American heritage celebrations, 4, 6, 41, 43–45, 50–51