Pine Ridge

About the Book

This book is about a Harvard- and Stanford-educated native American, Dr. James Cloud, who became a United States senator. He and his girlfriend, Tayanita, both Cherokee Indians helped the United States resolve an Indian rebellion in 2002. Background is given about Indian/white relations during the 400 years of contact between the two races. There is discussion of Indian crime, dancing, drinking, eating, gambling, , games, health, , history, language, marriage, philosophy, poverty, relationship with Dartmouth College, religion, sex, teenage pregnancy, and travel. There is detail given about two Sioux Indian reservations Pine Ridge, and Rosebud in South Dakota.

About the Author

James Press is the author of four fiction books, and is Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Statistics at the University of California at Riverside. He has held professorial positions at The University of Chicago, Stanford University, Yale University, University College London, London School of Economics and Political Science, the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California at Riverside, the University of California at San Diego, and the University of British Columbia. He has also worked professionally at the Bureau of the Census. He consulted at The Rand Corporation for some thirty years, worked at Brookhaven National Laboratories, Northrop Aircraft Corp., McDonald-Douglas Corp., and is currently President of Statistical Analysis Inc, a statistical consulting company.