Dan SaSuWeh Jones

Dan SaSuWeh Jones is a Ponca Nation writer, storyteller, filmmaker, and artist. He is the former chairman of the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma and has also worked as a consultant and storyteller for the National Geographic Encyclopedia of the American Indian, as well as on productions for Sesame Street, NBC, TBS, and other networks.

His books include Stealing Little Moon: The Legacy of the American Indian Boarding Schools and Living Ghosts and Mischievous Monsters: Chilling American Indian Stories. Sources also describe him as a bronze sculptor and note that he was a finalist for the American Indian Veterans Memorial competition at the National Museum of the American Indian.