Books by Delphine Red Shirt

The general focus in Lakota oral literary research has been in the study of content rather than process in oral traditions. In a new disclosure of the characteristics of Lakota oral style, Delphine Red Shirt shows how its composition and structure are reflected in the work of George Sword, who composed 245 pages of text in the Lakota language using the English alphabet.

Presents a story of several generations of Lakota women who grew up on the open plains of northern Nebraska and southern South Dakota. This book reveals Turtle Lung Woman's relationship with her husband, her healing practice as a medicine woman, Lone Woman's hardships, and celebrations growing up in the early twentieth century.

The story of a Lakota girl's experiences growing up in Nebraska and on the Pine Ridge Reservation in the 1960s and 1970s. Ringing with insight and honesty, this memoir gives voice to an emerging generation of Lakota women who attempt to navigate the difficult paths of a bicultural world.