Coming of Age

Date Published: May 5, 2021

Publisher: ‎ MindStir Media

How did the first Americans end up last in America?

From Dog to Wolf is the story of Daniel Graywolf, an Oglala Lakota teen struggling to survive on the impoverished Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota. Shy and a loner, young Daniel escapes the drama of life there by wandering the creek beds and washed-out roads in search of specimens for his rock collection; a practice that has earned him the regrettable nickname “Rock Dog.” One day he meets Dr. Robert Timberland, a geology professor from the nearby university. Together they solve the mystery of an important find Daniel has made while searching ancestral lands near the reservation. With the help and wisdom of tribal elders, they devise a plan that brings about the long-deserved restitution for his Sioux ancestors. To succeed will require considerably more of Daniel than just human resolve.

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PROLOGUE

Many of america’s closest allies blamed us for the financial collapse of 2008 and lost faith in our ability to manage the world’s financial system. In 2013, as a sign of distrust, Germany shocked world markets with plans to repatriate 300 tons of their gold, stored in the vaults of the New York Federal Reserve. When the US Treasury refused Germany’s request to audit its own gold, supposedly held in the Fed’s vaults, and insisted on a seven-year plan to return a relatively small amount of bullion, the world took notice. It appeared that Germany’s original gold may no longer be held in the New York Federal Reserve vaults and, in fact, the Fed may not have 300 tons of gold on hand to return to Germany.

Russia and China have long awaited an opportunity to free themselves from the American financial dominion that so strongly influences their economies and limits their expansionist activities. Believing that America did not have the gold reserves it claimed, while watching America’s debt soar past twenty-two trillion dollars, they determined it was time to challenge the US petrodollar as the world’s reserve currency. The two American adversaries embarked on a five-year plan, aimed at the acquisition of enough

gold bullion to back a new joint currency; one that would replace the dollar and thus end America’s world financial hegemony.