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Wisdomkeepers: Meetings With Native American Spiritual Elders
Wisdomkeepers Meetings With Native American Spiritual Elders Author:Steve Wall, Harvey Arden Wisdomkeepers takes you on an extraordinary spiritual journey into the lives, minds, and natural-world philosophy of Native American spiritual elders. The elders tell who they are, how they live, and what they believe. Magnificent portraits complement the soaring text. Among those profiled are Buffalo Jim, a Seminole who describes the Seminole s... more »tory of creation as if the Everglades were Eden, talks of his peoples individual passage into the after life, and reveals that every field of wild plants is, to him, a medicine garden. Youll also meet "Uncle" Frank Davis (Fancy Warrior), a Pawnee Elder who describes the "path to understanding" as a trail filled with scraps of paper, each one a piece of a puzzle. Also profiled is Mathew King, a Lakota who warns of punishments for those who would destroy the Earth Mother. Readers share the innermost thoughts and feelings, dreams and visions, laughter, healing remedies, and prophecies of the Wisdomkeepers, whose humanity shines through every page.« less