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Update: Joseph M. Marshall III has withdrawn from speaking at the South Dakota Festival of Books. This session will be with S.D. Nelson only.
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South Dakota Festival of Books Talk and Book Signing: Sharing Lakota Culture Through Art, Craft, & Literature, with S.D. Nelson and Joseph M. Marshall III

About S.D. Nelson
S.D. Nelson is an enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe who also has Norse heritage. He has written and illustrated numerous children’s picture books – most recently, "Grandma’s Tipi" – and the YA novel "Crazy Horse and Custer: Born Enemies." Nelson’s books have received the American Indian Library Association (ALA) Honor Book Award, the Western Writers of America Spur Award and, twice, the ALA Notable Book Award. He also illustrated Billy Mills’ autobiographical children’s book, "Wings of an Eagle."

Featured title: Grandma’s Tipi: "A Present-Day Lakota Story"

About Joseph M. Marshall III
Joseph M. Marshall III is a teacher, historian, writer, storyteller and traditional craftsman. An enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota tribe, his nonfiction titles include The Lakota Way and The Journey of Crazy Horse. Marshall’s latest work, the Smokey River Suspense Series, is contemporary fiction incorporating issues facing Lakota people. A 2023 inductee to the Western Writers Hall of Fame, he has also received the 2022 Crazy Horse Memorial® Foundation Educator of the Year Award and the 2023 Western Writers of America Owen Wister Award.

Featured title: "Sing for the Red Dress"

This event is free and open to the public.

Event Audience

Public includes ³ÉÈËÊÓƵ Faculty/Staff/Students