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Jerry D. Sisson
Many roots of my family tree are traceable back to the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations. My grandpa was born in Indian Territory in 1888. My father was raised on the Tahlequah Indian reservation near T...view moreMany roots of my family tree are traceable back to the Cherokee and Choctaw Nations. My grandpa was born in Indian Territory in 1888. My father was raised on the Tahlequah Indian reservation near Twin Oaks, Oklahoma. So, my interest in the Native culture comes to me naturally.
After a term in the military during the Vietnam War, and after college, where Native American history classes were always my favorite electives, I decided to spend a few years living off the land that recalled my upbringing in the Trinity Mountains of the Great Pacific Northwest. Day-to-day experiences of living as a mountain man and working with nature and weather to survive gave me personal inspiration in writing this book.view less