Richard Erdoes, author of LAME DEER, SEEKER OF VISIONS, has accomplished the monumental task of providing a definitive depiction of the American Indian through the eyes of a Sioux medicine man. Lame Deer describes how Native Americans dealt with whites taking their land through lies and massacres. He also describes trying to keep his culture alive. We, the reader, are taken to Native American ceremonies. We are shown what happens and why. Lame Deer also explains how they have changed through whites interference/5(). Young Lame Deer understood he was to take his great-grandfather’s name and awoke from the vision pleased. Throughout his adult life, he preferred this traditional Lakota name to the Christian name (John Fire) he had been given. The Heyoka and the Rodeo Clown. Lame Deer’s mother died when he was 17 years old. Her death altered his family and transformed his life. His father gifted him livestock, but .
JOHN (FIRE) LAME DEER AND RICHARD ERDOES Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED TO: Frank Fools Crow, Peter Catches, George Eagle Elk, Bill Schweigman, Leonard Crow Dog, Wallace Black Elk, John Strike, Raymond Hunts Horse, Charles Kills Enemy, Godfrey Chips. CONTENTS LAME DEER, SEEKER OF VISIONS 1. Alone on the Hilltop 2. Storyteller, rebel, medicine man, Lame Deer was born almost a century ago on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota. A full-blooded Sioux, he was many things in the white man s world rodeo clown, painter, prisoner. But, above all, he was a holy man. Lame Deer's story is one of a harsh youth and reckless manhood, a sho. www.doorway.ru: Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions (Enriched Classics) () by Richard Erdoes; John (Fire) Lame Deer and a great selection of similar New, Used and Collectible Books available now at great prices.
Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions. Enriched Classics offer readers accessible editions of great works of literature enhanced by helpful notes and commentary. Each book includes educational tools. Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions by Richard Erdoes and John (Fire) Lame Deer is a great example of Visionary Fiction with the sub-genre autobiography, like the books of Carlos Castaneda. The Lakota, John Lame Deer, tells key stories of his life and makes fun of the white man’s culture. To put this into perspective, John was born at the end of the 19th century, meaning his parents fought in the American Indian Wars that ended around Lame Deer, seeker of visions Item Preview Lame Deer, seeker of visions by Fire, John; Erdoes, Richard. Publication date Publisher New York: Pocket Books.
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