[1] Stafford was described as a Kickapoo author and a convert to Christianity when her book Crying Wind was published in 1977.

[3] Soon, she was touring, promoting her book and giving her conversion testimony in churches and at conferences across the United States, dressed in Indian garb.

[3] Later editions of her books, which were published by Moody Press, included a disclaimer that said names, dates, and places had been changed.

[2] Her next publisher, Harvest House, stated that it is honest to call Crying Wind a "biographical novel.

[2][1] Indian Life has published two of her other books, When the Stars Danced and Thunder in Our Hearts Lightning in Our Veins under their imprint, Sequoyah Editions.