The Lakota Way: Stories and Lessons for Living

by Joseph M. Marshall III

Book Overview

Joseph M. Marshall s thoughtful, illuminating account of how the spiritual beliefs of the Lakota people can help us all lead more meaningful, ethical lives. Rich with storytelling, history, and folklore, The Lakota Way expresses the heart of Native American philosophy and reveals the path to a fulfilling and meaningful life. Joseph Marshall is a member of the Sicunga Lakota Sioux and has dedicated his entire life to the wisdom he learned from his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0142196096
• ISBN13: 9780142196090
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.0" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher

Customer Reviews

Great read

This is an engaging book that's very fun to read. I recommend it to everyone. The stories are very well written, as I was turning the pages I almost felt I was sitting around a campfire hearing the life lessons from a wise old man. I will read it to my own children to honor the Lakota wisdom.

Lessons for Life using traditional stories

I am not Lakota, however, I do have an interst in their history. This book was a suggested title through a reading program at our church. While the book contains many traditional stories from the Lakota people, it contains many lessons for life for everyone. It is good to see that this traditional stories have been recorded. As culture has changed, fewer and fewer of our stories are being passed from generation to generation. Stories such as these are timeless. They are relevant now and will be in the future, they are relevant for both Lakota and non-Lakota alike.

Lila waste!

If I were still teaching my native language: Lakota, I would use this book in my classroom. I recommend this book to all of my family and friends. It is a must for all, especially to my people as a lot of us need to relearn these ways or to learn them new! I have read "Dance House" also and can only applaud Mr. Marshall for his great writing. Pilamayaye ksto!

Swept Away

I was truely swept away by this book. All the different stories relating to the Virtues are wonderful. I would recommend this to anyone that shares a love for Native Americans. Their beliefs really come alive in this book for dreamers and romantics like me.

The Lakota Way is my New Bible

I have read many new age self-help books that offered some good advice, but at times werereally spacey and confusing. After reading"The Lakota Way" I must say, that this is awork of art...it is an easy read and so simple to understand the values and virtues it teaches that are so desperately missing in todays familyand youths across our country."The Lakota Way" so inspired me, that I willuse it as my bible for living. It's one of thegreatest books I have ever read.I truely loved the old stories that Mr. Marshallstarted with in each chapter leading into the explaination of each virtue. I only wish I hadthe same grand-parents telling me those storieswhen I was a small boy.For anyone that wants to improve their life andeverything around them.........this is the book!Thank you, Mr. Joseph M. Marshall III for changingmy life.Ronin

Finally . . .

After years of listening to insufferable white posturers and Indian writers beating the tom-tom just a bit too loudly, I have finally come upon a writer who has produced a humble, honorable, knowledgeable book that reflects the application of Indian traditions to the situations that all of us face today. This is not a book for the confused seeker, the desperate wannabe, or the trafficer in the newest new age philosophy du jour. Rather, it is a book for the caring, thoughtful human being who looks into the heart as well as the mind for guidance on life issues. An added benefit is that it is full of wonderful and illustrative stories, lightly told. If you don't feel that the Great Spirit has ordained you to wear eagle feathers and take an Indian name, but you value the rich, earth-embracing philosophy of the Lakota people, please get this book. You will find yourself quietly enriched and illuminated, all in a way that New Age self help books can never begin to provide. Thank you, Mr. Marshall. You remind us that wisdom whispers, it doesn't shout. Keep up the good fight. Kent Nerburn