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Steven Charleston

Steven Charleston, a Choctaw elder and a retired Episcopal bishop, is the author of Ladder to the Light: An Indigenous Elder’s Meditations on Hope and Courage, out soon from Broadleaf Books.

Critical Essay

What Native American political systems can teach us about power and truth telling

My Choctaw ancestors understood the cost of lies.

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