Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve often writes about her Sioux ancestry. Born in 1933 on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota, she studied at South Dakota University. In addition to writing, she works as a counselor at Rapid City Central High School in South Dakota. "The Medicine Bag" was inspired by the personal experience of one of Sneve's friends. If you liked "The Medicine Bag," you might want to read Sneve's award-winning novel Jimmy Yellow Hawk.