Gus Palmer, Jr. has published two books, Telling Stories the Kiowa Way (2003) and When Dream Bear Sings: Native Literatures of the Southern Plains. He has published poems, stories and other writings in literary anthologies, magazines, and journals. He is a speaker of his native Kiowa and has taught and done research on the Kiowa language. He worked with his son on the documentary film, Words From A Bear: The Art and Life of N. Scott Momaday for PBS's American Masters (Nov 2019).