The author, Josiah Kingf isher-Wilson, was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. He is full-blooded Cherokee. His family moved west soon after his birth. He lived briefly in New Mexico but grew up in California. He attended the University of California. He finalized his formal education with his PhD. He served in Vietnam and is now a disabled veteran and is registered by the VA with a rating of over 100 percent. In his later years, he became a known Pow-Wow dancer.
