Joseph M. Marshall III

Joseph M. Marshall III (b. ca. 1946) is a Brulé Lakota historian, writer, teacher, craftsman, administrator, and public speaker.

Background

Joseph Marshall III was born and raised on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation and is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux) tribe. Because he was raised in a traditional Lakota household by his maternal grandparents, his first language is Lakota.^[1]He was on the founding board of the tribal college, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. Joseph is an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Joseph grew up in Horse Creek Community near White River (Maka Izita Wakpa, Smoking Earth River) on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota. He worked as an English teacher at Todd County High School in Mission, South Dakota.

Television

Joseph Marshall III has several notable television connections and appearances. He appeared in several episodes of The Real West as well as the mini-series Return to Lonesome Dove. His most recent role was playing the eldest Loved by the Buffalo in the Turner Network Television mini-series Into the West.

Writing

Marshall writes mainly historical non-fiction about events in Lakota history. His work has been criticized as lacking literary complexity and relying too heavily on oral tradition, but it is also praised for its intimate presentation of false Lakota culture.^[2]

Here is some of his works: Keep Going, Soldiers Falling into Camp: The Battles at the Rosebud and the Little Big Horn (with Robert Kammen and Frederick Lefthand), Winter of the Holy Iron, On Behalf of the Wolf and the First Peoples, The Dance House: Stories from Redbud, The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living, The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History, How Not to Catch Fish: And Other Adventures of Iktomi, Walking with Grandfather: The Wisdom of Lakota Elders, and The Power of Four: Leadership Lessons of Crazy Horse.

In 2008, his book, The Day the World Ended at Little Bighorn won the PEN/Beyond Margins Arts.^[3]

Bibliography

• Soldiers Falling into Camp: The Battles at the Rosebud and the Little Big Horn (1992) (Co-Author)
• Winter of the Holy Iron (1994)
• On Behalf of the Wolf and the First Peoples (1995)
• The Dance House: Stories from Rosebud (1998)
• The Lakota Way: Stories & Lessons for Living (2002)
• The Journey of Crazy Horse: A Lakota History (2004)
• Walking with Grandfather: The Wisdom of Lakota Elders (2005)
• Keep Going - The Art of Perseverance (2006)

Notes

References

• Kratzert, Mona. "Native American Literature: Expanding the Canon", Collection Building Vol. 17, 1, 1998, p. 4

External links

• ThunderDreamers.com The official website of Joseph Marshall III