Joseph Marshall

Teased for his fair coloring, eleven-year-old Jimmy McClean travels with his maternal grandfather, Nyles High Eagle, to learn about his Lakota heritage while visiting places significant in the life of Crazy Horse, the nineteenth-century Lakota leader and warrior, in a tale that weaves the past with the present. Includes historical note and glossary.

From best-selling Native American writer Joseph M. Marshall III comes an inspirational guide deeply rooted in Lakota spirituality. When a young man's father dies, he turns to his sagacious grandfather for comfort. Together they sit underneath the family's cottonwood tree, and the grandfather shares his perspective on life, the perseverance it requires, and the pleasure and pain of the journey. Filled with dialogues, stories, and recollections, each...

The acclaimed author of The Lakota Way shares four essential leadership principles based on the example of Crazy Horse and other Native American leaders. In this enlightening treatise on the nature of leadership, Lakota philosopher Joseph M. Marshall draws inspiration from three of the greatest leaders in Native American history: Sitting Bull, Red Cloud, and, above all, Crazy Horse. Throughout his life, Crazy Horse demonstrated a genius for effective,...

For Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota people, historical trauma, chronically underfunded federal programs, and broken promises on the part of the US government have resulted in gaping health, educational, and economic disparities compared to the general population. Crazy Horse Weeps, offers a thorough historical overview of how South Dakota reservations have wound up in these tragic circumstances, showing how discrimination, a disorganized tribal government,...

A descendant of Crazy Horse adapts Lakota spiritual wisdom and traditions to modern life, using poetry, songs, and folklore to fundamental ideas about the essential twelve qualities of human character that help readers know how to live in the world. Rich with storytelling, history, and folklore, The Lakota Way expresses the heart of Native American philosophy and imparts the path to a fulfilling and meaningful life. Joseph Marshall is a member of...

Collects poetry written by Lakota students at Red Cloud Indian School in South Dakota on such topics as the history of oral tradition, the struggles of everyday life, and their personal connections to the natural world.

The 1876 Battle of the Little Bighorn has become known as the quintessential clash of cultures between the Lakota and white settlers. The men who led the battle - Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Colonel George A. Custer - have become legends. [In this volume, the author] reveals the nuanced complexities that led up to and followed the battle. Until now, this account has been available only within the Lakota oral tradition. The[book] is required reading...

Today, insects are no longer giant except in our nightmares... but 320 million years ago, dragonflies measuring up to a meter (Meganeura) or centipedes the size of a human (Arthropleura) dominated the land and air. Over the course of time, these fascinating giants became smaller and smaller... before disappearing altogether. But who was responsible for their extinction? Scientists long believed that the decrease in oxygen after the Carboniferous period...

Wells catfish! Over the last fifty years, it has colonized most of Europe's rivers-even the most polluted. This intruder has become the largest freshwater animal in Europe, and even hunts onshore... Three years of intense filming were necessary to capture this unique wildlife film. After its' premiere, the film will be seen worldwide on National Geographic Channels Wild under the title River Jaws. Directed by Bertrand Loyer, this revelatory film takes...

While we can't look into the future and foresee what may hit us next, we do know that each year brings its share of natural disasters that we often try, in vain, to anticipate, understand, and predict. This is a new kind of natural disaster program: instead of relying on poor quality archive footage, our crews are on standby ready to take off anywhere around the planet to film these disasters in Ultra-High Definition. They will use state-of-the-art...