Too Strong to Be Broken
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Too Strong to Be Broken

The Life of Edward J. Driving Hawk

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Too Strong to Be Broken

The Life of Edward J. Driving Hawk

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Too Strong to Be Broken explores the dynamic life of Edward J. Driving Hawk, a Vietnam and Korean War veteran, chairman of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, former president of the National Congress of American Indians, husband, father, recovered alcoholic, and convicted felon. Driving Hawk's story begins with his childhood on the rural plains of South Dakota, then follows him as he travels back and forth to Asia for two wars and journeys across the Midwest and Southwest. In his positions of leadership back in the United States, Driving Hawk acted in the best interest of his community, even when sparring with South Dakota governor Bill Janklow and the FBI. After retiring from public service, he started a construction business and helped create the United States Reservation Bank and Trust. Unfortunately, a key participant in the bank embezzled millions and fled, leaving Driving Hawk to take the blame. Rather than plead guilty to a crime he did not commit, the seventy-four-year-old grandfather went to prison for a year and a day, even as he suffered the debilitating effects of Agent Orange. Driving Hawk fully believes that the spirits of his departed ancestors watched out for him during his twenty-year career in the U.S. Air Force, including his exposure to Agent Orange, and throughout his life as he survived surgeries, strokes, a tornado, a plane crash, and alcoholism. With the help of his sister, Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Driving Hawk recounts his life's story alongside his wife, Carmen, and their five children.

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Publisher
Bison Books
Year
2020
ISBN
9781496223470
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Native American Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Series Page
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Contents
  6. List of Illustrations
  7. Author’s Note
  8. Introductions
  9. 1. Sonny
  10. 2. A Kid in Uniform
  11. 3. Family
  12. 4. Vietnam
  13. 5. Wakinyan Cangleska
  14. 6. Too Strong to Be Broken
  15. Epilogue
  16. Notes
  17. Bibliography
  18. About Edward J. Driving Hawk
  19. About Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
  20. Series List
  21. Illustrations