Scarecrow Press
Pages: 232
Trim: 7¼ x 8½
978-0-8108-5724-7 • Paperback • July 2006 • $42.00 • (£32.00)
Lanniko L. Lee, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, taught English and American literatures in high schools and tribal colleges on the Cheyenne River Sioux and Standing Rock Sioux reservations. She has also taught for Northern State University and South Dakota State University. Florestine Kiyukanpi Renville, an enrolled member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Dakota Tribe, established her own publication, Ikce Wicasta: The Common People's Journal, which she edits and publishes. Karen Lone Hill, an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, teaches Lakota Language, and Literature and Culture at Oglala Lakota College on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Lydia Whirlwind Soldier, an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, is the Indian Studies Coordinator for the Todd County School District.
I enjoyed reading Shaping Survival, and hope that a paperback edition is published soon...all of us can learn from these excellent teachers.
— American Indian Culture and Research Journal
This volume presents the personal accounts of four American Indian tribal women. Lanniko L. Lee (Cheyenne River Sioux), Karen Lone Hill (Oglala Sioux), Florestine Kiyukanpi Renville (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota), and Lydia Whirlwind Soldier (Rosebud Sioux) were all born on reservations in South Dakota, and three of them attended boarding schools. Their narratives focus on how they transcended the circumstances of their early years and gained strength through a return to their ancestral cultures.
— Reference and Research Book News, November 2006
Shaping Survival is a valuable book...this collection of narratives presents models of courage, perseverance, and generosity, as these women share their personal stories and give us an insight into their commitment to dedicating their lives to educating and writing for Native audiences, seeking to share both the traditional knowledge they have recovered and the tribal values that they have learned are essential to the survival of the Sioux Nation.
— Studies In American Indian Literature