Choteau Creek: A Sioux Reminiscence

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“There is a quiet beauty to this book”.-New York Times Book Review. “A quiet| loving memoir”.-Washington Post Book World. “This book is a treasure. It exudes authenticity. . . . [and] fills a tremendous void in the literature of contemporary reservation life”. -American Indian Culture and Research Journal. “A compelling memoir . . . dollar-poor but spirit rich. . . . His strong sense of home and of his own spiritual awakening are striking”.-Publishers Weekly. “Tender but honest-a memorable family portrait in which the everyday merges with distinctive elements of a Sioux heritage| with the delicate innocence of youth fully retained”.-Kirkus Reviews. “Joseph Iron Eye Dudley writes very much from the heart. . . . The story’s power is its illustrations of a lifestyle much different from that of most Americans| but one that still exists on many reservations”.-Western Historical Quarterly. “A testament to the living legacy of oral narrative”.-Bloomsbury Review. “A classic endeavor . . . must reading for anyone interested in learning about American Indian family life”.-American Indian Religions. In 1943| when he was three years old| Joseph Iron Eye Dudley went to live with his grandparents on the Yankton Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. He is a member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe| an ordained United Methodist minister| and president of Cook College in Tempe| Arizona.