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I have compared this version with the version deleted on August 18, 2016, and believe this is a stubstantial improvement. The author has published two more books since then, including one from a notable publisher. More sources are cited. Now 13 out of 15 are independent, reliable, and more than passing mentions, as opposed to 7 of 12 before. Now two sources, KRCG and Indian Country Media Network, are from outside Montana. Some biographical information has been added. Unsourced and insignificant information (such as about his self-published poetry) has been removed.
Some concerns remain. His early books, although available on Amazon as eBooks, do not appear to be held by libraries, and are from very obscure publishers, raising the possibility that they are self-published. The thesis of the nominations for deletions was that the cited reviews in some way failed to meet WP:AUTHOR criterion #3: "The person has created ... a significant or well-known ... collective body of work. In addition, such work must have been the primary subject of ... multiple independent periodical articles or reviews." To me the nominations are a WP:VAGUEWAVE because they don't make clear why the reviews are unacceptable. This version cites many of the same reviews (plus additional ones), so the nominator may still see a problem with them. Two participants in the second deletion discussion expressed the view that book reviews in local newspapers do not show notability. I have some sympathy with their outlook, but although WP:CORP requires at least one regional, statewide, provincial, national, or international source to demonstrate notability per WP:AUD, there is no such requirement for the notability of people. Even if there were, his work has been reviewed by media outlets across the state and in the state's largest cities, which satisfies the spirit of "statewide", and has also been reviewed by at least two out-of-state sources.
