My Indian Boyhood

My Indian BoyhoodAlthough the traditional Sioux nation was in its last days when Luther Standing Bear was born in the 1860s, he was raised in the ancestral manner to be a successful hunter and warrior and a respectful and productive member of Sioux society. Known as Plenty Kill, young Standing Bear belonged to the Western Sioux tribe that inhabited present day North and South Dakota. In My Indian Boyhood he describes the home life and education of Indian children.

Erdrich is a writer whose words carry a spiritual weight far beyond science

Nicolette Knudson and Jody Snow

Recovering Our Ancestors' Gardens is back

and wild hope

on a search for family

In the holy city of Tova

and forces within tribal communities that have influenced the past and may influence the future

As humanity marches on

A self-proclaimed "vessel in which stories are told from time immemorial

Ma-Nee Chacaby has emerged from hardship grounded in faith

she never thought she'd be in Congress

dying mysteriously at a young age