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A review by liberrydude
The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo: A Child, an Elder, and the Light from an Ancient Sky by Kent Nerburn
5.0
The third book of the trilogy and it’s the best. Dreams carry messages. For someone who is such a voice and an advocate for Native Americans Nerburn is quite inattentive in his relationships with the elders. He shows up a week after Mary, the Ojibwe elder who had given him some insight into Dan’s sister, Yellow Bird has died. Mary though left detailed instructions with her granddaughter and a letter for Dan in case Nerburn returned.
Thus starts another road trip through Minnesota and the Dakotas. It’s an emotional and spiritual journey for Nerburn and Dan with some come to Jesus moments as well as the recognition of goodness and power that was hiding in plain view. It’s funny and poignant. We meet an Ojibwe shaman, Benais, as well as numerous animals and rocks that speak. Quite a journey that captures the conflict of having two worlds living inside of you.
It’s a real shame these books don’t have the cachet that Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee has. Powerful and insightful. Five stars.
Thus starts another road trip through Minnesota and the Dakotas. It’s an emotional and spiritual journey for Nerburn and Dan with some come to Jesus moments as well as the recognition of goodness and power that was hiding in plain view. It’s funny and poignant. We meet an Ojibwe shaman, Benais, as well as numerous animals and rocks that speak. Quite a journey that captures the conflict of having two worlds living inside of you.
It’s a real shame these books don’t have the cachet that Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee has. Powerful and insightful. Five stars.