 Authors—such as Joe Medicine Crow(Absaroka), Vivian Arviso Deloria (Navajo), Joseph Bruchac(Abenaki), Lauren Waukau-Villagomez (Menominee), Robert Lewis (Cherokee/ Navaho/Apache) and Albert White Hat Sr. (Lakota)—have publicly stated their support of Goble bringing traditional Native American stories to the public’s attention, going so far as praising his attention to detail and his use of primary sources.Like any people, American Indians have a long history of using the oral tradition to tell stories that pass along their history and culture from one generation to the next.As noted in "The Oxford Encyclopedia of Children's Literature", in the entry "Native American Children's Literature," as far back as 1881, Native authors published stories for children, many that countered stereotypical portrayals.