Donald F. Montileaux is a modern-day storyteller and an enrolled member of the Oglala Lakota Nation. He is an award-winning artist, illustrator, presenter, and consultant on Lakota culture. Montileaux uses his art to tell traditional Lakota stories, including Tasunka: A Lakota Horse Legend and Tatanka and the Lakota People: A Creation Story, also from the South Dakota Historical Society Press. He lives in Rapid City, South Dakota, with his family.

Agnes Gay is the assistant archivist at Oglala Lakota College in Kyle, South Dakota.