The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky
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 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, unforgettable characters we have come to know from Neither Wolf nor Dog and The Wolf at Twilight. Part history, part mystery, part spiritual journey and teaching story, The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo is filled with the profound insight into humanity and Native American culture we have come to expect from Nerburn’s journeys. As the American Indian College Fund has stated, once you have encountered Nerburn’s stirring evocations of America’s high plains and incisive insights into the human heart, “you can never look at the world, or at people, the same way again.”
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The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky
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 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, unforgettable characters we have come to know from Neither Wolf nor Dog and The Wolf at Twilight. Part history, part mystery, part spiritual journey and teaching story, The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo is filled with the profound insight into humanity and Native American culture we have come to expect from Nerburn’s journeys. As the American Indian College Fund has stated, once you have encountered Nerburn’s stirring evocations of America’s high plains and incisive insights into the human heart, “you can never look at the world, or at people, the same way again.”
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The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky

The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky

by Kent Nerburn
The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky

The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky

by Kent Nerburn

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Overview

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 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, unforgettable characters we have come to know from Neither Wolf nor Dog and The Wolf at Twilight. Part history, part mystery, part spiritual journey and teaching story, The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo is filled with the profound insight into humanity and Native American culture we have come to expect from Nerburn’s journeys. As the American Indian College Fund has stated, once you have encountered Nerburn’s stirring evocations of America’s high plains and incisive insights into the human heart, “you can never look at the world, or at people, the same way again.”

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781608680153
Publisher: New World Library
Publication date: 11/05/2013
Pages: 408
Sales rank: 121,039
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

A two-time winner of the Minnesota Book Award, Kent Nerburn is the author of thirteen books on spirituality and Native themes, including Chief Joseph and the Flight of the Nez Perce (featured on the History Channel), Simple Truths, and The Wisdom of the Native Americans. He lives in northern Minnesota.

Table of Contents

Preface. A World beyond Our Understanding xiii

Part 1 Forgotten Secrets

Chapter 1 A Shout in the Night 3

Chapter 2 "I Have Something to Tell Him" 13

Chapter 3 Spirit Lodge 19

Chapter 4 The Notebook 24

Chapter 5 "I Knew You Were Coming" 36

Chapter 6 "He Is Measuring Your Fear" 51

Chapter 7 The Place of Black Soot 59

Chapter 8 The Woman in Pearls 68

Chapter 9 "We Didn't Know Any Better" 77

Chapter 10 Unquiet Ground 90

Chapter 11 Haunted with Ghosts 99

Part 2 Into the West

Chapter 12 The Lakota Two-Step 109

Chapter 13 The Eagle Man versus the Wichasha Wakan 121

Chapter 14 A Strong Heart to Serve 136

Chapter 15 "Your Silence Makes a Lot of Noise" 147

Chapter 16 Priests and Pelicans 155

Chapter 17 No Bullshit 173

Chapter 18 "I'm a Really Good Dog" 185

Chapter 19 A Respect Bigger than Friendship 200

Chapter 20 Eyes without Light 219

Chapter 21 The Big Leagues 229

Chapter 22 Kicked Out of the Creator's Living Room 236

Chapter 23 Watcher in the Shadows 247

Chapter 24 Two Worlds inside You 254

Chapter 25 The Tremendous Tonto 267

Chapter 26 Indian Science and the Little Fellows 282

Part 3 Northern Light

Chapter 27 Roll Call of the Dead 303

Chapter 28 A World of Other Laws 313

Chapter 29 Stolen Words 325

Chapter 30 The Night of the Dancing Ghosts 340

Chapter 31 The Singing Skies 354

Chapter 32 Tatanka Never Lies 367

Chapter 33 The Gift 379

Epilogue 387

Postscript 389

About the Author 391

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