David Heska Wanbli Weiden [deɪvɪd hɛskɛn wɒnbliː waɪdɛn] is a Lakota American author of crime and thriller novels and a professor of Native American studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
[2] As an enrolled member of the Sicangu Lakota Nation,[3][4][5] he spent summers at the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota.
[2][7] After practicing law for several years, he decided to pursue a job in academia, so he earned a Doctor of Philosophy degree in political science from the University of Texas at Austin.
[2] He is currently a tenured professor of Native American studies and Political Science at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
[6] He also works with MFA programs at Cedar Crest College and Regis University.