Author Warren PetoskeyWelcome!

I’m Warren Petoskey. A beautiful city on Lake Michigan bears my family’s name and marks where my ancestors once lived.

Dancing My Dream is my story of preserving Native American culture while living in three sometimes conflicting nations: Odawa (or Ottawa) and Lakotah—and I am an American citizen as well.

My story offers healing wisdom.

Most Americans know the tragic stories from the Great Plains that nearly destroyed Indian nations, but that’s not the whole story of our survival. My own family passed through landmarks of American history like the Trail of Tears—but we also survived the lesser-known campaign to wipe out Indian culture in a nationwide system of boarding schools. For more than a century, Indian children were taken from their families and locked away in these institutions designed to destroy all memory of our way of life.

I am a survivor among these tough, wise, spiritually guided people.

Now, I’m inviting you to journey with me. Whether you are Indian or not, you will find moments of great wisdom and beauty—and inspiration for your own survival. Before you reach the last chapter, we’ll even go ice fishing on the Great Lakes!

My ancestors have given me so much. It is our Indian way not merely to take from the generations before us—but to shape the next generation, inviting everyone to help us restore a Creation in which we all can dance.

Come along! Come dance your dream!

BUY my book through the Amazon link at right. CLICK on the links in the sidebar to read more about my book and me. Here’s a sample chapter from my book.