Written by the author, a Brule Lakota woman, who was raised near Fort Laramie and experienced firsthand the often devastating changes forced on the Lakotas, this book tells the history of the nineteenth-century Lakotas.

"With My Own Eyes" represents her attempt to correct misconceptions about Lakota history. Bettelyoun's narrative was recorded during the 1930s by another Lakota historian, Josephine Waggoner. This detailed, insightful account of Lakota history was never previously published. Emily Levine is a longtime landscaper in Lincoln, Nebraska.