Synopses & Reviews
"The Dance House" is a combination of essays and short stories based on incidents or events which took place on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation in South Dakota. The essays discuss mystic experiences, Native American cultures, Indian ranchers, and the hard scrabble life on the high plains. Joseph Marshall tells personal stories, of the often frustrating, adversarial and sometimes laughable relationship of Indian tribes to the federal government. Many stories are drawn from Lakota tales. The short stories, some semi-autobiographical in nature, are intertwined with Lakota oral traditions.
Synopsis
Joseph Marshall IIIwas born on the Rosebud (Sicangu Lakota) Indian Reservation in what is now south-central South Dakota. Raised by his maternal grandparents, his first language is Lakota. A free-lance writer, Marshall has published numerous articles and two previous books with Red Crane. He has been a technical advisor and actor in television movies, including "Return to Lonesome Dove."
Table of Contents
Oliver's silver dollar -- Cozy by the fire -- Nelson and Star -- The 1965 Continental -- The dance house --When the grasses talk -- Pride -- The birthday turtle -- The bloodlines of heritage -- The myth of the hunter/warrior or men did the dangerous work, women the impossible -- Buffalo Grass -- White lore -- Lure of the Holy iron.