Gain Your Copy Lifes Journey—Zuya: Oral Teachings From Rosebud Devised By Albert White Hat Sr. Offered As Paper Copy

is a wonderful book about Lakota spirituality, told by one of the best storytellers, If you have not read this book, you should, It will give you insight and make you think, It also carries the sparkle of Albert's humor, An enlightening summary from Albert White Hat about the Lakota ways, beliefs, and ceremonies, I recommend this book to anyone seriously interested in contemporary Native America and the traditional Native American life ways,

I knew Albert, briefly, and visited his home several summers for educational purposes and a cultural exchange between colleges, Guests and interns slept outside in their own tents or campers, Albert Whitehat died, atyears old, This book is like hearing him speak once again, He was a unique, inspiring individual who spoke so softly his words were sometimes carried away by the wind, but he spoke with authority and depth.


I'll be writing more about this book soon, but wanted to encourage people to check it out, I met Albert several years back and he and I have many mutual friends, Its a good book and the photos are amazing,

hawk This profound and deeply moving account of Lakota life, culture and practices by the late Albert White Hat and John Cunningham has just won Foreword s' Gold Prize as a Book of the Year.
It is fitting that Albert White Hat's life work and testament has been recognized as an extraordinary gift to all people,
I loved this book, Albert is a wonderful story teller and you get such a deep insight into Lakota culture and traditions by reading this.
It's the kind of book that really makes you sit and think about not only Lakota life, but your own and how it really relates to everything.
Amazing book “We are all related” a philosophy and way of life that I wish everyone could embrace! Not just one Wakan Tanka, or “powerful being” the difference between religion and spirituality.


Everything in the universe, we are all related, “This is the most fundamental belief in our Lakota philosophy, that we are related to everything on earth and in the universe, ”

The Lakota way of life the pipe, the sun dance, the sweat lodge, all of it is thoroughly detailed in this book, As is the language! I learned an amazing amount of information from this read! Definitely a must read for anyone interested in Native American culture! I am Mniconjou Lakota CRST and working hard to wean myself from the Lakota Language Consortium, which has been exposed as a language colonizer selling our own information back to us copyrighting cultureand making terrible Christian/Western translations on certain words/phrases.
This book is a great resource and place to start for folks like me who are making incremental le sigh progress toward language reclamation and revitalization.
I once got to listen to White Hat at an education conference aboutyears ago and he said something Ill never forget: “Language is culture is language.
” This book explains that proverb, Found this to be super interesting, I learned a lot about the Lakota that was unexpected, “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 Lifes JourneyZuya, 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 history

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, interwoven with history, tells the people where they came from and who they are, By gathering the traditions and ceremonies in a single volume, with the history of how they evolved, he has secured the meaning of these practices for futre generations.
Filled with warmth and humor, Lifes JourneyZuya is an enjoyable and enlightening read, .