The biggest issue likely resides in the fact that Jan Hudson was a Caucasian woman who adopted the voice of an adolescent Blackfoot girl. Consequently, the charge that Hudson has engaged in cultural appropriation may arise. In an unpublished portion of the Jenkinson interview, Hudson argues that creating a story from historical records is an authentic way of writing, but she then goes on to acknowledge that such a story does not possess the same kind of authenticity as that which could be created by somebody with more direct experience of the language and culture. Nonetheless, it must be noted that Hudson was the adoptive mother of a Blackfoot daughter, and she did research her subject matter thoroughly. In the published version of the interview, Hudson acknowledges her own awareness of needing the approval of members of the minority culture, and so she shipped Sweetgrass down...