Noted Blackfoot author James Welch calls Lydia Whirlwind Soldier's "Memory Songs" a book "that touches your heart as well as your imagination." "It contains the power of a people who have survived-indeed, have triumphed over-attempts to take away their culture and tradition," Welch continues. "Equally important, it contains the spirit, the sensitivity and the talent of a poet who has given us a gift of great value. Lydia Whirlwind Soldier is that poet and "Memory Songs" is a collection that we will pick up again and again when we need to find true north on our moral compasses."