The Lakota Way Audiobook By Joseph M. Marshall cover art

The Lakota Way

Stories and Lessons for Living

 Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of titles.
Yours as long as you’re a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for $8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

The Lakota Way

By: Joseph M. Marshall
Narrated by: Joseph M. Marshall
Try Standard free

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $19.13

Buy for $19.13

The Lakota Way received the prestigious Audie Award, considered the "Oscar" award of the audiobook industry, in 2004 for the category of best inspirational audio.

The myth of Deer Woman teaches a lesson on respect. The legend of Crazy Horse illuminates a lesson on humility. And the story of Eagle brings home the importance of compassion. These stories from the heart of Lakota culture and its survival, and their meanings, still resonate deeply with our daily lives.

Rich with storytelling, history, folklore, and Marshall's own personal experiences, The Lakota Way expresses the heart of Native American philosophy and the 12 core qualities that are crucial to the Lakota way of living: bravery, fortitude, generosity, wisdom, respect, honor, perseverance, love, humility, sacrifice, truth, and compassion.

Compelling and profound, The Lakota Way gives a fresh outlook to those searching for a new perspective on spiritual and ethical living.

©2001 Joseph M. Marshall III (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks Indigenous Peoples United States Inspiring Native American Tradition Indigenous Studies Americas Specific Demographics Social Sciences Funny Indian Mythology

Critic reviews

"Marshall beautifully imparts Lakota wisdom...he certainly knows how to weave a story. An inspiring guide for a wide audience." (Library Journal)

Profound Wisdom • Timeless Moral Lessons • Authentic Voice • Engaging Storytelling • Transformative Teachings

Highly rated for:

All stars
Most relevant
This is really a fascinating collection. The reader and author is an actual Lakota indian and historian, and the authenticity is both startling and refreshing. I really appreciated how you'll hear both the legends and the historical and philisophical meanings. I would have missed the meaning of a lot of the strange imagery and customs without that extra help.

You're not going to find vivid dramatizations or "Disney-fied" parables. Instead this is listening to a grandfather tell his grandfather's legends in a low and reverant voice. You'll feel like you're huddled around the campfire at the actual camp listening to this revered elder pass on these traditions. I haven't been so surprised and intrigued by a book on morals since Bill Bennet's "Book of Virtues". I'm going to have everyone in every generation of my family listen to this. I'd particularly recommend this to anyone taking a trip out west or a long ride with older children!


You feel like you're at the camp

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Very good read(listen)!!
Made me think"what if everything had gone the opposite direction this whole time!?" every person that came here from a different country, land mass, Europe, etc had to either get on board with the native way of living or be slaughtered and/or rounded up and put on small chunks of shitty land called trailer parks and live below( well) be low the poverty level! I think that would make one hell of a movie!!!

What If!!!?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
This book was absolutely beautiful. I’m so glad I downloaded and I will definitely be listening to more of Joseph M. Marshall’s books. His voice was very soothing and the stories are timeless treasures.

Wisdom for all ages

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
It is nice to read a book about Native American stories that’s written by a Native American. It seems the stories were told to the author by his grandmother. Like so many of the Native American tribes in matriarch, for grandmother plays an important role in the storytelling of the tribe.

I found this book to be absolutely wonderful. It makes me want to find more stories from grandmothers of the native indigenous people of America

Great book

Amazing book looking at the stories of the Lakota

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
Not only is Marshall an excellent philosophical and historical Native American writer, but his deep, resonant, very Lakotan voice is an absolute pleasure to listen to. I've already listened to this book 3 times this year.

Another brilliant Marshall book

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
See more reviews