Life’s Journey-Zuya: Oral Teachings from Rosebud

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ISBN: 9781607811848
Dewey: 978.0049752
LCC Number: E99.T34
Author: Albert White Hat
Illustrator: John Cunningham
Pages: 224
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Description

“Our people are very lucky to be here,” says Albert White Hat Sr.
He has lived through a time when Indians were sent to boarding schools and were not permitted to practice their own rituals.
Although the Lakota people can practice their beliefs openly once again, things have changed and old ways have been forgotten.
As a teacher at Sinte Gleska University in South Dakota, White Hat seeks to preserve the link the Lakota people have with their past.
In “Life’s Journey–Zuya,” White Hat has collected and translated the stories of medicine men, retaining the simplicity of their language so as not to interpret their words through a Western lens.
this is Zuya, oral his that is lived and handed down over the generations.
White Hat also shares stories from his own experience.
Using anecdotes he shows not only how the Lakota lifestyle has been altered but also how Lakota words have begun to take on new meanings that lack their original connotations and generate a different picture of Lakota philosophy.
Language, inter-woven with his, tells the people where they came from and who they are.
By gathering the tradi-tions and ceremonies in a single volume, with the his of how they evolved, he has secured the meaning of these practices for futre generations.
Filled with warmth and humor, Life’s Journey–Zuya is an enjoyable and enlightening read.

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Weight 0.85 lbs
Dimensions 8.5 × 6.9 × 0.6 in
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