A valuable collection of stories that honor the customs and traditions of everyday life in Choctaw communities
Tom Mould is professor of anthropology and folklore at Butler University. He is author of Choctaw Prophecy: A Legacy of the Future; Choctaw Tales; Still, the Small Voice: Narrative, Personal Revelation, and the Mormon Folk Tradition; and Overthrowing the Queen: Telling Stories of Welfare in America, which won the Brian McConnell Book Award and the Chicago Folklore Prize. Eddie Johnson is a tribal member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, has served as the Special Projects/Media Program coordinator in the Department of Chahta Immi, and is now the tribal archivist. Jay Wesley is a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and he is director for the Department of Chahta Immi, which consists of the Choctaw Tribal Language Program, the Cultural Affairs Program, the Special Projects/Media Program, and the Chahta Immi Cultural Center.
