David Greenwalt

David Greenwalt, the "black sheep" son of a Southern Baptist minister, is a Native American of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Shawnee, Oklahoma. His life is a checkered pattern that swings from heroic service in Vietnam to ten years behind bars in military, state, and federal prisons. Along the way, he earned a BA Degree in English and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. As a fugitive from the law, he fled to Mexico, where he spent sixteen years teaching English, rising to become the...See more

David Greenwalt, the "black sheep" son of a Southern Baptist minister, is a Native American of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation of Shawnee, Oklahoma. His life is a checkered pattern that swings from heroic service in Vietnam to ten years behind bars in military, state, and federal prisons. Along the way, he earned a BA Degree in English and a Master's Degree in Public Administration. As a fugitive from the law, he fled to Mexico, where he spent sixteen years teaching English, rising to become the chairperson of the English Department in a prestigious, private university. He completed the writing of Chiapas Ritual while on parole in Rialto, California, while his wife, a university librarian, maintained their home in Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, where he witnessed firsthand the Zapatista uprising in 1994. See less