Joe Marshall III
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Campbell County High School, Gillette, Wyoming
I. Biography
Joseph Marshall III was born on the Rosebud (Sicangu Lakota) Indian Reservation in what is now south-central South Dakota. Raised by his maternal grandparents, his first language is Lakota. Marshall was a former officer in the Marine Corps with service in Viet Nam. (Red Crane Books)
II. Professional Life
Marshall, a Lakota, was one of the three writers featured in Soldiers Falling into Camp, an account of the Little Big Horn Battle told from three points-of-view: Lakota, Crow, and the U.S. Cavalry. (Back the Angle) A free-lance writer, Marshall has published numerous articles and two previous books with Red Crane. He has been a technical advisor and actor in television movies, including Return to Lonesome Dove.
III. Regional Influences
Because he is a Lakota Sioux, Marshall's knowledge of tribal life introduces non-Native Americans to the nuances of bloodline and heritage, as well as the crucial task of keeping traditional language alive.
Marshall questions the romantic misconceptions of Native American life rampant in current fiction: the "acceptable" Native American as a civilized hero, mystic prophet, or sacrificial lamb. Marshall's pieces of writings deal with life on his home reservation of Rosebud, South Dakota. (Amazon)
IV. Quotes
"Lakota Sioux historian and novelist Marshall proves himself a triple threat with these powerful essays and short stories. As the subtitle suggests, the nine pieces collected all deal with life on the author's home reservation of Rosebud, SD, and it is a credit to Marshall's ability as a storyteller that the fictional stories are nearly indistinguishable from factual essays. Subject to changes brought in by Euro-American culture that surrounds it, Marshall's Rosebud is never less a timeless place where the Sioux insist on maintaining their identity. Readers will be grateful to Marshall for building a dance house of the mind, one that draws on autobiography, nature writing, legend and the day-to-day adventures and misadventures of his own family and neighbors." (Amazon)
V. Literary Works
Dance House: Battle of the Rosebud
Winter of the Holy Iron
Cozy by the Fire
On Behalf of the Wolf and the First Peoples
Soldiers Falling Into Camp
Hunter - Warrior of the Plains
VI. Works Cited
Amazon Dance House: Stories from Rosebud, Joe Marshall. February 11, 2000, 3 Pages.
Amazon Winter of the Holy Iron: A Novel, Joe Marshall. February 11,2000, 3 Pages.
Back the Angle, "Joe Marshall III" Mike Shay. April 24,1998 3 pages, February 24, 2000.
Red Crane Books. The Dance House: Stories From Rosebud, Joseph Marshall III, 10/1/98.
This essay was submitted by students of Nathel Coca, a teacher at Campbell County High School in Gillette, Wyoming.