Touching the Fire: Buffalo Dancers, the Sky Bundle, and Other Tales - Softcover

Welsch, Roger

Softcover

ISBN 10: 080329798X ISBN 13: 9780803297982

Publisher: Bison Books, 1997

Synopsis

The Turtle Creek band of the fictional Nehawka Indians wages a battle for the return of their sacred Sky Bundle, a medicine pouch containing artifacts. It reposes under glass in an eastern museum at the beginning of Touching the Fire. Seven interlinked stories, beginning with a court battle in the year 2001 and going far back in time to the origin of the Bundle and the first Nehawka village on the Great Plains, reveal the richness and depth of Indian cultural heritage. Touching the Fire is multilayered—sad, humorous, and always informative.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

rkable collection. The book is engrossing, wonderful, and belongs to anyone who cares about our unwritten American history."

JIM HARRISON

When the Europeans invaded this continent, they took land and water, but ignored what may be the greatest riches of all: the dazzling wealth of Native American spiritual and psychological wisdom. Now, adopted Omaha tribesman Roger Welsch, a.k.a. Bull Buffalo Chief brings a new collection of stories about an imaginary midwestern tribe, the Turtle Creek Nehawkas, the way they are, the way they were. Bright with the flame of traditional Native American wisdom, TOUCHING THE FIRE will bring new warmth and awareness into the heart and life of all who read it.

About the Author:

Roger Welsch, the well-known folklorist and essayist for CBS’s Sunday Morning, is an adopted member of the Omaha Indian tribe.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bison Books
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 080329798X
• ISBN 13: 9780803297982
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 272