Being Lakota explores contemporary Lakota identity and tradition through the life-story narratives of Melda and Lupe Trejo. Melda Trejo, nee Red Bear (1939 ), is an Oglala Lakota from Pine Ridge Reservation, while Lupe Trejo (1938 99) is Mexican and a long-time resident at Pine Ridge. In their forty years together, the Trejos raised eleven children, supported themselves as migrant workers, and celebrated their lives and cultural heritage.Conversations between this Lakota/Mexican couple and scholar Larissa Petrillo convey key aspects of the couple s everyday life: what it means to be an...