The Toe Bone and the Tooth was written by
Martin Prechtel

He also wrote the book's

• Secrets of the Talking Jaguar
• Long Life, Honey in the Heart
• The Disobedience of the Daughter of the Sun
• Stealing Benefacio's Roses: A Mayan Epic (Formerly Titled The Toe Bone and The Tooth)
• Grief and Praise (Audio CD)

He was raised on a
Pueblo Indian

I think that he wrote this story because he was in the time of racism