This is the true story of Manny Twofeathers spiritual journey. Of Mixblood ancestry, he was reared a Catholic. In late adulthood, he found the ritual. This description may be from another edition of this product.
"Writing in a relaxed conversational prose, Twofeathers describes how, at urgings from the spirit world, he began to immerse himself in the yearly Sundance rituals held throughout the West. A modest and likeable narrator, Twofeathers avoids the self-righteous polemics sometimes found in this genre, and while the gorier sections are initially jolting, his aplomb in withstanding pain and coming back for more lends a certain normalcy to this ritual." KIRKUS REVIEWS "This potentially sensational material is beautifully conveyed, as Twofeathers describes carrying his infant daughter through the agony of one such dance. Unsparingly self-revealing, the book is somehow never confessional but instead the testament of a deeply spiritual man who has found salvation through suffering prayerfully for others." P. Monaghan, BOOKLIST "This book begins the understanding of what my people have always been about." Russell Means, actor, activist, author of Where White Men Fear to Tread "Manny Twofeathers illuminates an aspect of Native spirituality that has resurged over the past decade. In this moving and personal account, Twofeathers makes this spirituality understandable to people of all races and religious persuasions." Wabun Wind, author of The Medicine Wheel and Woman of the Dawn
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