Too Strong to Be Broken explores the dynamic life of Edward J.
Driving Hawk, a Vietnam and Korean War veteran, chairman of the
Rosebud Sioux Tribe, former president of the National Congress of
American Indians, husband, father, recovered alcoholic, and
convicted felon. Driving Hawk's story begins with his childhood on
the rural plains of South Dakota, then follows him as he travels
back and forth to Asia for two wars and journeys across the Midwest
and Southwest. In his positions of leadership back in the United
States, Driving Hawk acted in the best interest of his community,
even when sparring with South Dakota governor Bill Janklow and the
FBI. After retiring from public service, he started a construction
business and helped create the United States Reservation Bank and
Trust. Unfortunately, a key participant in the bank embezzled
millions and fled, leaving Driving Hawk to take the blame. Rather
than plead guilty to a crime he did not commit, the
seventy-four-year-old grandfather went to prison for a year and a
day, even as he suffered the debilitating effects of Agent Orange.
Driving Hawk fully believes that the spirits of his departed
ancestors watched out for him during his twenty-year career in the
U.S. Air Force, including his exposure to Agent Orange, and
throughout his life as he survived surgeries, strokes, a tornado, a
plane crash, and alcoholism. With the help of his sister, Virginia
Driving Hawk Sneve, Driving Hawk recounts his life's story
alongside his wife, Carmen, and their five children.