these original reminiscences of elders of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe bring to life the creative genius of some of Ojibwe country's most gifted storytellers

Images of forced removal and frontier violence reveal the wrenching loss and reconfiguration of the Shawnee as a people

a magazine writer visiting on assignment

" — John D

Reclaiming this lost history

My Grandfather's Altar: Five Generations of Lakota Holy Men Blackfoot these original reminiscences of eldersRichard Moves Camps My Grandfathers Altar is an oral literary narrative account of five generations of Lakota religious tradition. Moves Camp is the great great grandson of Wptua (Chips), the holy man remembered for providing Crazy Horse with war medicines of power and protection. The Lakota remember the descendants of Wptua for their roles in preserving Lakota ceremonial traditions during the official prohibition period (18831934), when the U. S.