James Parker Shield has gone from rough-and-tumble street survivor to founder of the National Native American Hall of Fame. As the Hall of Fame celebrates six new inductees, Indian Country should also take a moment to recognize the man whose vision and persistence brought the Hall of Fame into existence: a man determined to tell the uplifting stories of Indian Country’s luminaries. James Parker Shield’s story, too, is one worth telling.

Read more here as reported by Leslie Logan on October 12, 2023 – for Indian Country Today.