My approach in this book was to use other Lakota writers as my guide and only write about those details that had been previously disclosed by them, and to write about these matters respectfully, in the manner of many authors I admire, such as Susan Power and Joseph Marshall III. I relied primarily upon the venerated Native intellectual Vine Deloria Jr. and his book The World We Used to Live In. I also used Native American Healing: A Lakota Ritual, by Howard P. Bad Hand, and Sacred Fireplace: Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man, by Pete Catches. These writers portray some Lakota
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