Hunkpapa Sioux

This amazing book portrays the trials and tribulations of a teenage half breed Dakota Sioux, with the urging of his mother, leaves Chicago and heads west to find his father's tribe. As the young man becomes a brave and and warrior of the Sioux it was easy to become enthralled in the adventure. Robert Dumont weaves factual historic data of Native American Sioux's throughout, intriguing my interest. In the tale. Absolutely the best book I have read in a long time

A good coming of age story. A young man leaves Chicago after the death of his mother, and heads for Dakota Territory to find his father's Dakota family. Just prior to the Little Big Horn in time, so a lot of unrest and lack of trust on both sides. John has a foot on each side, and can view things from both sides, even though he doesn't necessary agree with them. He meets up with his uncle, cousin, aunts, and so on, and learns to be traditional Sioux. He also has a trapper friend who he meets on the way, who is heading for the mountains of Montana. They remain good friends throughout, and even years later find solace with each other. Good story, that was hard to put down. Would recommend.

A wonderful novel about coming of age teen from both worlds.
This story was interesting but yet at the same time it was no different. I say no different because we are all human and each of us has to learn who and where we belong.
John is just such a character. I can't imagine the struggles that he faced and my heart went out to him. I can't even imagine being from both worlds.
I loved this book. I enjoyed learning the many things about the Indians. They are even more interesting than the Amish.
This is the first book of the year that has stayed with me long after I finished it. I wanted to do this book justice because I finished it late into the night. John wouldn't let put his story down until I finished. I'm glad I finished it.
I recommend.
My thanks for a copy of this book. I was NOT required to write a positive review and all opinions are my own.

I think it's a good coming of age story, gripping and fascinating.
I liked the characters, the mix of historical facts and fiction and the characters.
Recommended.
Many thanks to the publisher and Netgalley for this ARC, all opinions are mine

I'm glad to read a book with a Native American lead, it was a wonderfully done coming of age story. The writing was really well done and I thoroughly enjoyed going on this journey.

I appreciate the publisher allowing me to read this book. I enjoyed the authors writing style and the subject matter was fascinating highly recommend