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Author
Language
English
Description
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 latest narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and the Ojibwe, where we encounter a strange little girl with an unnerving connection to the past, a forgotten asylum that history has tried to hide, and the complex,...
Author
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
"Author Kent Nerburn was feeling stuck in the middle: middle age, midway in a career, and in the middle of the Midwest. Fearing that his passion and spirit for life were dimming and worried that his family needed to escape the harsher realities of Minnesota life, Nerburn set out from the stark, frozen landscape of a northern winter to drive alone down the coastal roads of Washington, Oregon, and California." "Ride shotgun with Kent Nerburn as he uncovers...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Language
English
Description
"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 a common voice. In this award-winning book, acclaimed author Kent Nerburn draws us deep into the world of a Native American elder named Dan, who leads Kent through Indian towns and down forgotten roads that swirl...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
"Small Graces is a journey into the sacred moments that illuminate our everyday lives. In twenty pieces, writer, sculptor, and theologian Kent Nerburn celebrates the daily rituals that reveal our deeper truths Through the exploration or simple acts. Small Graces reminds us to chart a course each day that nourishes the soul, honors the body, and engages the mind."--Jacket.
Publisher
MJF Books
Pub. Date
[1999].
Language
English
Description
The Wisdom of Native Americans brings together centuries of wisdom, much of it collected for the first time. Highly relevant to contemporary struggles, the words of great leaders such as Chief Joseph, Chief Red Jacket, and Chief Seattle resound in these pages, reminding us that there are natural, unassailable truths, that all men are brothers, and that hope for the future must never be let go.
