- Paperback: 224 pages
- Publisher: Hay House Inc. (April 15 2004)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1401902138
- ISBN-13: 978-1401902131
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 13.9 x 1.8 cm
- Shipping Weight: 386 g
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Following the format of his American Indian Prophecies, Kaltreider—a trained philosopher and clinical psychologist who is of Nanticoke, German and English descent—presents Native American tales and legends as a series of fictionalized conversations between Chasing Deer, a Cheyenne/Lakota elder, and John Lawson, a college-educated white man. In the discussions recounted here, John learns about three American Indian heroes (two real and one spiritual) and listens to a series of humorous folktales, related by Chasing Deer, about Iktomi, a Lakota mischief maker whose escapades illustrate what can go wrong when principles of cooperation are abandoned. Kaltreider’s portraits of Dakanahwideh, who founded the Iroquois Confederation, Sweet Medicine, and White Buffalo Calf Maiden, a holy woman who taught sacred traditions are engaging. And he manages to work a great deal of little-acknowledged conventional history into his conversations with Chasing Deer, who emerges as an inspiring ethical thinker.
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"Several years ago in my book American Indian Prophecies, I related discussions between myself and Chasing Deer (a Cheyenne/Lakota elder) in which we spoke of the vast differences between Western and American Indian culture. Interwoven in these talks were many prophecies that related to these incongruities. In this book, I bring you those stories and tales that Chasing Deer told me around the campfire at night." Kurt Kaltreider
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Excellent, excellent book for anyone., Dec 16 2007
By Evelyn J. Morales - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: American Indian Cultural Heroes and Teaching Tales (Paperback)
THis book was excellent, I really enjoyed reading it, it brought out alot of questions that I have had and it was very interesting to read as well.
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American Indian Cultural, Jan 9 2005
By Jerry C. Couch - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: American Indian Cultural Heroes and Teaching Tales (Paperback)
An enlighting book on the American Indians (focusing on the Lakota nation) way of life. This book contains Lakota teachings on how we should have great respect for all that Mother Earth has given us.
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