” (Library Journal)

historian Rani-Henrik Andersson instead gives Lakotas a sounding board

“Through her passionate yet straightforward and enticingly simple prose

All four men were missionaries sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to work among the Dakota of the

arrested by the striking sentences and sentiments of a voice we can't sleep to

Land of the Spotted Eagle trickster ” (Library Journal)When Standing Bear returned to the Pine Ridge Sioux Reservation after sixteen years' absence, his dismay at the condition of his people may well have served as a catalyst for the writing of this book, first published in 1933. In addition to describing the customs, manners, and traditions of the Teton Sioux, Standing Bear also offered general comments about the importance of Native cultures and values and the status of Indian peoples in American