Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows gardening as well as oral histories

as well as oral histories from the Spirit Lake Dakhóta Nation

Nishiimeyinaanig (Our Little Siblings) is written for teachers

set in contemporary Oklahoma

" --Kiese Laymon

Pretty-Shield: Medicine Woman of the Crows gardening as well as oral historiesA rare, documented account of the life of a Crow medicine woman, drawn from interviews conducted by legendary writer and ethnographer Frank Bird Linderman and told in her own words. In the spring of 1931, Pretty shield, a grandmother and medicine healer in the Crow tribe, met Frank Linderman for a series of interviews. When Linderman asked Pretty shield about her life, the old woman relaxed and laughed. "We shall be here until we die." In this rich