Children of The Tipi by Michael Oren Fitzgerald


This is a wonderful book for young people and adults who would like a beginner's course in the values of Native Americans. Different teachings are chosen for a mixture of Native American tribes. For example, the Dakotas, the Lakota, etc. I rediscovered how much the Native Americans love nature. One tribe adheres to the belief that the land should never be sold. I also discovered how much the Native Americans respect children and the elderly. To the Native American there is beauty at each age in life. No one is a castaway. Many of the teachings felt comfortable to me. Nothing in Children of The Tipi by Michael Oren Fitzgerald made me feel the Native American is an oddity or a savage. I would recommend this book. It's relaxing. It also drives humans away from the man made world back to the sky, clouds, grass, wind and mountains. I think the Native American sees nature as a wonderful medicine for man. Without drinking in of nature there is a small death of our inner selves everyday. Kindle/Netgalleyjumpintoabookmichael-oren-fitzgerald/

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