Sharon Brunner, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians (Sault Tribe), is a storyteller who writes about Native Americans from all over the U.S. and in Michigan. She has published three other books associated with the history of the Native Americans in the U.S. and Michigan and published a self-help book addressing historical trauma. In 2002, she earned a Masters of Social Work degree with an emphasis placed on Indian child welfare from Grand Valley State University. The thesis project submitted for this literary project was completed as a requirement for this degree. Sharon was a former federal reviewer for the Department of Health and Human Services out of Washington D.C. reviewing Head Start programs throughout the U.S., mostly tribal programs. She was a college professor for the Bay Mills Community College, a tribal college in Brimley, Michigan and she was employed as an education manager for the Sault Tribe for many years. Sharon served on a Child Welfare Committee for the Sault Tribe for over twenty-three years which addressed the hardships many of the Ojibwe families were facing. She has over thirty years of experience with providing services to Native Americans.