2) The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage

The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage:
Lessons in Resilience from the Bow and Arrow

Synopsis: Master storyteller Joseph M. Marshall explores the central metaphor of the bow and arrow as a profound source of wisdom, stories, and insights from the Lakota tradition.

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Joseph Marshall III
February 1, 2012
Book- HC / BK01196
ISBN: 978-1-60407-878-7 / ISBN-10: 1-60407-878-2
UPC: 600835-119689
US $ 19.95
Spirituality/Native American
Rights: World

Digital Downloadable Products
Enhanced ebook ISBN: 978-1-60407-776-6 / BK01196E
ebook ISBN: 978-1-60407-747-6 / BK01196W

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About the Book

In Lakota tradition, the bow and arrow were more than tools for hunting or battle.  The bow’s resilience and flexibility, the arrow’s grace and power, the archer’s focus and patience–in these, we find the essential qualities for living a life of strength, purpose, and simplicity. In The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage, Joseph M. Marshall builds upon the central metaphor of the bow and arrow to provide a treasury of insights, stories, and irreplaceable wisdom. With elegant and captivating writings, this master storyteller illuminates timeless lessons on:

  • Transformation–how we can preserve what is fundamental even as our external circumstances change
  • Simplicity–the story of grandmother Grass Braid, who understood that “the more you know, the less you need to carry”
  • Strength and Resiliency–what the history and lore of the Lakota can teach us about growing through adversity
  • Purpose–how the world unveils our purpose to us, as revealed in story of the Keeper of the Winter Count
Once, the Lakota people relied on the ash bow and the willow arrow to provide food and sustenance. Today, these simple tools can offer us something even more precious: a way to nourish our souls with spiritual wisdom. Joseph M. Marshall offers a book that is at once profound, honest, and rich with meaning as he reveals  The Lakota Way of Strength and Courage. 

About the Author

Joseph M. Marshall III is a teacher, historian, writer, and a Lakota craftsman and archer. He has won multiple awards for his screenplays, fiction, and historical books, including  The Lakota Way (Viking Compass, 2002), and is the recipient of the Wyoming Humanities Award. Raised on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, he is one of the few voices empowered to share the authentic wisdom teachings of his people to non-Native Americans.