Results for "Nerburn, Kent"

An Unforgettable Journey into the Native American Experience Against an unflinching backdrop of 1990s reservation life and the majestic spaces of the western Dakotas, Neither Wolf nor Dog tells the story of two men, one white and one Indian, locked in their own understandings yet struggling to find ... Read More about Neither Wolf Nor Dog: On Forgotten Roads with an Indian Elder

A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the "old ones" still have powers beyond our understanding. In this moving narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and the Oj... Read More about The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky

A note is left on a car windshield, an old dog dies, and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with a tribal elder named Dan. The touching, funny, and haunting journey that ensues goes deep into reservation boarding-school mysteries, th... Read More about The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder's Journey Through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows

These thought-provoking teachings from respected Native American leaders and thinkers provide a connection with the land, the environment, and the simple beauties of life. This collection of writings from revered Native Americans offers timeless, meaningful lessons on living and learning.... Read More about The Wisdom of the Native Americans: Including the Soul of an Indian and Other Writings of Ohiyesa and the Great Speeches of Red Jacket, Chief Joseph, (Religion and Spirituality)

Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, and every bit as essential to an understanding of who we are as a nation -- the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and eight hundred Nez Perce men, wo... Read More about Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy

"Do not begrudge the white man his presence on this land. Though he doesn't know it yet, he has come here to learn from us."-- A Shoshone elder The genius of the Native Americans has always been their profound spirituality and their deep understanding of the land and its ways. For three decades, a... Read More about Voices in the Stones: Life Lessons from the Native Way