Winter of the Shifting Stars is fiction. It is a story about a year in the life of a 10-year-old Lakota girl, set in the year 1833. The Lakota, Dakota, and Nakota tribes were kotas, or friends and allies, Their enemies called them the Sioux.
Blue Whirlwind's father had been killed the previous year by enemy warriors, whose people were being pushed west by white settlers. Her village must prepare for war, to avenge this death, while continuing their traditional activities through the 13 moons of the years.
Winter of the Shifting Stars is based on respectful research into an era and way of living long past. It has 168 b+w pictures fashioned by the author/illustrator from antique photographs, paintings, artifacts, and some of her own artwork.