About the Author

Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) (1858-1939) was the first great American Indian author, publishing eleven books from 1902-1918. Michael Oren Fitzgerald is the author and editor of more than fifteen books that have received twenty-five awards, including the ForeWord Book of the Year Award, the Ben Franklin Award, and the USA Best Books Award. Michael lives with his wife in Bloomington, IN. Heidi M. Rasch comes from a family of German artists and has been a painter since childhood. She studied fashion design and worked at Paris' famed Comedie-Francaise. She was adopted into the Crow tribe by Joe Medicine Crow, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Heidi lives with her family in Bloomington, IN. Charles Trimble was a former Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians. He is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2013.

Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) (1858-1939) was the first great American Indian author, publishing eleven books from 1902-1918. Michael Oren Fitzgerald is the author and editor of more than fifteen books that have received twenty-five awards, including the ForeWord Book of the Year Award, the Ben Franklin Award, and the USA Best Books Award. Michael lives with his wife in Bloomington, IN. Heidi M. Rasch comes from a family of German artists and has been a painter since childhood. She studied fashion design and worked at Paris' famed Comedie-Francaise. She was adopted into the Crow tribe by Joe Medicine Crow, winner of the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Heidi lives with her family in Bloomington, IN. Charles Trimble was a former Executive Director of the National Congress of American Indians. He is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and was inducted into the South Dakota Hall of Fame in 2013.