550 Dakota Verbs provides students of Dakota - and the Lakota and Nakota dialects - the proper conjugations for 550 verbs from adi (to step or walk on) to zo (to whistle)

identity confusion

By highlighting the rich resources and history of the Institute of American Indian Arts

McDonnell reveals the vital role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America

Skinny as spaghetti

Passing Through a Prairie Country writing 550 Dakota Verbs provides studentsA darkly humorous thriller about the ghosts that haunt the temples of excess we call casinos, and the people caught in their high stakes, low odds web. For decades, a dark force has terrorized the Languille Lake reservation. Spoken of only in whispers as "the sandman," he lurks in the Hidden Atlantis Lake Resort and Casino, the reservation's main attraction and source of revenue, leeching its patrons' dreams and preventing the ghosts that linger there