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Born and raised on the Rosebud Sioux Reservation in South Dakota, Albert White Hat Sr. has lived there his entire life, teaching in the Lakota Studies Department at Sinte Gleska University for more than 25 years. As the grandson of Chief Hollow Horn Bear and member of the Aske Glu wipi i tiospaye, he continues to promote education and awareness for his people in the 21st century while maintaining a traditional way of life. Life's Journey--Zuya is his second book, following Reading and Writing the Lakota Language (The University of Utah Press, 1999).
John Cunningham lives in Boulder, Colorado, with his wife, Cindy, and his daughter, Catherine. He is an avid hiker and is happiest outdoors.
"Immeasurably valuable. Its narrative text is anecdotal in style
and presentation, it puts you within the locale or setting very
directly, and the sounds, sights, conversation, and activities are
experienced intimately. I feel and sense Lakota people and others
have been waiting for ages for this book. I personally have. With
his talent and indigenous sense of scholarship, Albert has
composed a book that will go a long way to setting the record
straight on indigenous knowledge as a whole."--Simon J. Ortiz,
Arizona State University
"Life's Journey is part history, part language instruction, and
part biography, and through it all is the strong first-person
narrative of story and tradition carefully crafted and preserved
through the editing efforts of John Cunningham."
--North Dakota History
"An excellent writer whose keen understanding is brightened by his
humility, [White Hat] shares the wisdom and beauty of the blended
Lakota culture and spirituality: origin story, family system,
gender roles, songs and music, ceremonies and medicine men. A
valuable book for any spiritual seeker."
--Light of Consciousness
"Significant . . . both as a religious study and a historical
study. It is much more accessible than most other books on this
topic."--Tom Grayson Colonnese, University of Washington
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