empowering
and drawings interspersed with full-color documentation and descriptive texts of installations
Waylaid by memories of his stalled romance
Finalist for the 2022 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction
Important content revolves around the health of First Nations as well as treatment provided by the Indigenous people to ailing settlers
Wings of an Eagle : The Gold Medal Dreams of Billy Mills (HC) Lakota empoweringWritten by Billy Mills, Lakota, and Donna Janell Bowman. Billy Mills was once an orphan on the Oglala Lakota Pine Ridge Reservation. But before his father was called to the ancestors, he told Billy how to conquer his suffering: You have broken wings, son. You have to dig deeper, below the anger, the hurt, the self pity. The pursuit of a dream will heal you. Despite poverty, racism, and severe health challenges, Billy raced toward his goal of becoming