Wisdomkeepers: Meetings With Native American Spiritual Elders - Softcover

Wall, Steve; Arden, Harvey

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9781582700885: Wisdomkeepers: Meetings With Native American Spiritual Elders

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ISBN 10: 1582700885 ISBN 13: 9781582700885

Publisher: Beyond Words Pub Co, 2003

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Within the Sioux, Iroquois, Seminole, Ojibway, Hopi, Ute, and other native tribes are spiritual elders who preserve a sacred and millennia-old legacy. In this edition, portraiture and profiles are coupled to reveal the strengths and fragilities of these extraordinary people. Readers share the innermost thoughts and feelings, the dreams and visions, the laughter, the healing remedies, and the prophecies of the Wisdomkeepers. "This beautiful book provides a glimpse into the still vital world of America’s first people." — Booklist

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Book Description:

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 story of creation as if the Everglades were Eden, talks of his people's individual passage into the after life, and reveals that every field of wild plants is, to him, a medicine garden. You'll also meet "Uncle" Frank Davis (Fancy Warrior), a Pawnee Elder who describes the "path to understanding" as a trial filled with scraps of paper, each one a piece of a puzzle. Also profiled is Mathew King, a Lakota who warns of punishments or those who would destroy the Earth Mother. Readers share the innennost thoughts and feelings, dreams and visions, laughter, healing remedies, and prophecies of the Wisdomkeepers, whose humanity shines through every page.

About the Author:

Steve Wall, a documentary photographer, has worked in more than forty countries, primarily for National Geographic magazine and books. His work has been featured in the United States and international publications and exhibited in galleries, museums, and collections in more than eight countries, including The International Center of Photography in New York and the Gallery of the Union of Artists in Moscow, Russia.

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