Native American Books

Below is a selection of books by or about the Native American culture, spirituality, philosophy and history. Some informative, some inspirational, and some make you just plain mad.

Bury MyHeart at Wounded Knee : An Indian History of theAmerican West Author: Dee Brown Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee is a fully documented account of the systematic destruction of the American Indian during the second half of the 19th century. A unique and disturbing narrative told with force and clarity, Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee changed forever our vision of how the West was really won. It is shattering, appalling, compelling. One wonders, reading this searing, heartbreaking book, who, indeed, were the savages. Find out more, or buy book Mountains,Meadows and Moonbeams: Author - Mary Summer Rain A Child's Spiritual Reader Find out more, or buy book The Wayof the Shaman Author: by Michael J. Harner An intimate and practical guide to the art of shamanic healing and the technology of the sacred Find out more, or buy book ExploringNative American Wisdom : Lore, Traditions, andRituals That Connect Us All Author: Fran Dancing Feather, Rita Robinson Why was I born? Why must I die? How can I interact with the universe? Are there really visions? Is there a Deity? Exploring Native American Wisdom reveals how to live fully in a rapidly changing world, while reopening the ancient door to the divine power and wisdom within. Find out more, or buy book MotherEarth, Father Sky: Native American Wisdom Author: Felicia Sarrette Wiggins Find out more, or buy book Standingin the Light: A Lakota Way of Seeing Author: Severt Young Bear, RE Theisz, RD Theiz An inside view of the Lakota world - of the meaning of Lakota song and dance, of their history, of what it is to be Lakota in America today ... A lasting personal tribute to the Lakota way of living (Whole Earth Review) Find out more, or buy book NoImage Available In Beauty May I Walk : Words of Peace and Wisdom by Native American Author: Helen Exley Find out more, or buy book WisdomTales from Around the World: Author: Heather Forest Fifty Gems of Story & Wisdom from Such Diverse Traditions As Sufi, Zen, Taoist, Christian, Jewish, Buddhist, African, Native American Find out more, or buy book WisdomWarrior: Native American Animal Legends Author: Dennis L. Olson Find out more, or buy book NativeAmerican Wisdom (The Classic Wisdom Collection) Author: Kent Nerburn This book isolates the essence of Native American wisdom: the essential harmony of natural and human worlds--in short, accessible bits of philosophy. Find out more, or buy book MedicineCards: The Discovery of Power Through the Waysof Animals Author: Jamie Sams A potent yet refreshingly simple divination tool that can help us reconnect to the sources of life's natural guidance. This work is plentiful, overflowing with the richness of Native American way of life...sound, truthful, and assured. (Yoga Journal) Find out more, or buy book The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American IndianTraditions Author: Paula Gunn Allen This pioneering work documents the continuing vitality of the American Indian tradition and of women's leadership within that tradition. Allen also reflects on the remarkable resurgence of American Indian pride and culture in recent times. Find out more, or buy book The Sacred Tree: Reflections on Native American Spirituality Author: Judy Bopp Created by the Four Worlds Development Project, a native American inter-tribal group, as a handbook of Native Spirituality for indigenous peoples all over the Americas and the world. Through the guidance of the tribal elders, Native values and traditions are being taught as the primary key to unlocking the force that will move Native peoples on the path of their own development. The elders have prophesied that by returning to traditional values, native societies can be transformed. This transformtion would then have a healing effect on our entire planet. Find out more, or buy book Between Earth & Sky: Legends of Native American Sacred Places Author: Joseph Bruchac A collection of ten Native American legends celebrates our nation's most awe-inspiring natural landscapes, from the Great Smoky Mountains to the Grand Canyon and Niagara Falls, in a book is complemented by a tribal homeland chart and magnificent landscape paintings. Find out more, or buy book Fourth World of the Hopis : The Epic Story of the Hopi Indians As Preserved in Their Legends and Traditions Author: Harold Courlander Traditional accounts of epic events and adventures in the life of Hopi clans and villages, from legendary to historical times. The setting is a vast and largely unpeopled wilderness in which clans and families wandered in search of a final living place, and in search of their collective identity. Find out more, or buy book Profiles in Wisdom : Native Elders Speak About the Earth Author: Steven McFadden As our existing culture shifts, what do the ancient ones who have been trained in the sacred traditions of this land have to say to us? With this question, McFadden begins his quest to interview Native American elders, who counsel that we must reestablish a deep and lasting connection with the planet in order to ensure its preservation Find out more, or buy book Wisdom of the Elders: Sacred Native Stories of Nature Author: David Suzuki, Peter Knudtson The ecological answers and solutions we need to our current global environmental crisis are embedded in this living mosaic of profound indigenous insights into the workings of the natural world. These ancestral and contemporary natural perspectives and stories can save our lives and our planet. Find out more, or buy book Wisdomkeepers: Meetings With Native American Spiritual Elders Author: Steve Wall, Harvey Arden 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. Find out more, or buy book Wisdom's Daughters: Conversations With Women Elders of Native America Author: Steve Wall, Harvey Arden The co-author of the bestselling Wisdomkeepers interviews women elders of several Native American nations to reveal the fascinating knowledge, philosophies, and traditions of their ancestry and transcribes their wide-ranging commentary on relationships, child rearing, medicine, contemporary life, and other subjects. Find out more, or buy book Music on this page: from the cd GoodMedicine by John Two-Hawks - American Indian Lakota flute player & musician. Used here with permission.