Lakota Way

Joseph Marshall
Joseph Marshall is the author of the Lakota Way. Marshall was born and raised on the Sioux Indian reservation and he is a member of the Sicangu Lakota. He was raised in a Lakota household so his first language is Lakota. For several years, Joseph taught high school and college students about Native American studies. He has also worked for the Rosebud Sioux tribe. Joseph now writes full time and has published nine non-fiction works. His books are published from all over the world, in places like Bulgaria, Korea, France, Germany, China, Japan, Brazil, Spain, and Israel. He has appeared in several television documentaries, he has also served as technical advisors in famous movies. Marshall appears in many venues throughout the US. Joseph and his wife Connie, have a blended family with nine kids and sixteen grandchildren. To learn more about Joseph go to www.josephmarshall.com

Betelhem
The Lakota Way is a book that expresses the beliefs of the Native American, Lakota. Joseph Marshall focuses on the 12 virtues that are very important to have in the Lakota culture. My favorite virtue in the book is wisdom because I would like to incorporate it into my life some day. Wisdom, as described by the Lakota, is the quality of having experience, knowledge, and good judgment; the quality of being wise. Overall,  I would give this book 5 stars. I really enjoyed reading about all the different stories and virtues. The Lakota way is a wonderful book that can relate to anyone in the world.

Corgan
I would give this book a 7/10. It teaches great lessons and I can strongly relate to most of them. However, I have noticed it also promotes the idea that Indians are oppressed and have it harder than most people. Relating Indians to global warming is like relating modern black people's poverty to 19th-century slavery. It has no real correlation.

Tiara
For this book I would give it a solid 9/10. It had really good stories the represented the virtues well. It was very well written, I like how he has old stories passed from generation to generation and his own stories mixed into the book. He shows how these virtues are not only important to the Lakota culture but how it’s important for anyone to have these traits.

Braiden
I liked this book personally as it told some great stories and made me feel like I had more information on their culture. I love the story about the girl and both old lady's dog as it put a smile on my face. I feel it told me the virtues well and made it obvious how important they were to their culture. It includes the stories that may have been lost. So I see this book as a way to keep the stories alive. I would rate the book 9/10.