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Crying for a Dream: The World through Native American Eyes

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When this book first came out I was in an Intensive Care ward not expected to live. As a 50th birthday gift, one of the nurses put this book under my pillow. I did not know it was there. During the night I had 'visions' of a Native American man sitting next to my bed talking with me in a language I did not speak but somehow could understand. He told me many things. None of them could possibly come true. A couple of days later the Gail, the nurse, told me about the book under my pillow. When she pulled it out for me to see I almost went into cardiac arrest! The man in my vision was the same man from the book! A Lakota Medicine Man. I told Gail about my dream and she said she hoped it meant he was looking after me. Long story short; Months later I found myself on his reservation. The entire story is a book and a half. Incredible things happened to me from the time the book appeared in my life. Because of that book I am still alive today, fourteen years later. I hope to write a book of my own so that I can tell the entire story. This book is magical. Everyone who needs spiritual guidance to the right path should have it in their home.

This is an excellent book on the subject of Native Americans. This book is filled with beautiful photographs and significant qoutes from various Native Americans, as well as brief descriptions of Native American history up to the present day. There is a very strong emphasis on various religious ceremonies such as the Sweat Lodge and Visionquest. Certain groups, namely the Sioux, Navajo (Dine) and Pueblos, are focused in on. All in all, however, this is an excellent book, more emotional and intuitive than anything else. Hopefully you'll be as moved by it as I was.