Momaday's early poems are previously printed in Angle of Geese and Other Poems and The Gourd Dancer (1976). The Billy the Kid cycle was first published in The American West magazine, complete with color illustrations of Momaday's accompanying artwork.

In the Presence of the Sun: A Gathering of Shields is a limited-edition printing with full-color plates of the shields.

The shield paintings have also been displayed on tour.