Bøger af Kent Nerburn

Tells the story of two men, one white and one Native American, connected by their own understandings of life yet struggling to find a common voice. As they journey together through small Indian towns and down forgotten roads, these two men will travel beyond myth and stereotype, revealing an America few people ever get to see.

Guidance and wisdom for young artists, from award-winning artist and writer Kent Nerburn

A haunting dream that will not relent pulls author Kent Nerburn back into the hidden world of Native America, where dreams have meaning, animals are teachers, and the "e;old ones"e; still have powers beyond our understanding. In this moving narrative, we travel through the lands of the Lakota and the Ojibwe, where we encounter a strange little girl with an unnerving connection to the past, a forgotten asylum that history has tried to hide, and the complex, unforgettable characters we have come to know from Neither Wolf nor Dog and The Wolf at Twilight. Part history, part mystery, part spiritual journey and teaching story, The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo is filled with the profound insight into humanity and Native American culture we have come to expect from Nerburn's journeys. As the American Indian College Fund has stated, once you have encountered Nerburn's stirring evocations of America's high plains and incisive insights into the human heart, "e;you can never look at the world, or at people, the same way again."e;

Ein eindringlicher Traum, der nicht nachlassen will, entführt den Autor Kent Nerburn zurück in die verborgene Welt der amerikanischen Ureinwohner, wo Träume eine Bedeutung haben, Tiere Lehrer sind und 'die Alten' immer noch über Kräfte verfügen, die unser Verständnis übersteigen. In dieser bewegenden Erzählung reisen wir durch die Länder der Lakota und der Ojibwe, wo wir auf ein seltsames kleines Mädchen mit einer beunruhigenden Verbindung zur Vergangenheit treffen, auf eine vergessene Anstalt, die die Geschichte zu verbergen versucht hat und auf die komplexen, unvergesslichen Charaktere, die wir in 'Weder Wolf noch Hund' und 'Der Wolf in der Dämmerung' kennengelernt haben. Teils Geschichte, teils Mysterium, teils spirituelle Reise und Lehrgeschichte: 'The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo' steckt voller tiefgreifender Einblicke in die Menschheit und die Kultur der amerikanischen Ureinwohner, die wir von Nerburns Reisen erwarten. Wie der American Indian College Fund festgestellt hat, kann man 'die Welt oder die Menschen nie wieder mit den gleichen Augen betrachten', wenn man einmal Nerburns mitreißende Erinnerungen an die Hochebenen Amerikas und seine prägnanten Einblicke in das menschliche Herz kennengelernt hat.

A story of two men--one white and one Native American--searching for common ground as they journey through the western Dakotasrn Dakotas

From the grandeur of the Great Plains to the solitude of the northern woods, from the intensity of a summer storm to the quiet redemption of a fresh blanket of snow, Kent Nerburn's new book, ''Native Echoes,'' pays homage to the power of the land to shape our hearts and spirits.

Guidance and wisdom for young artists, from award-winning artist and writer Kent Nerburn

Hidden in the shadow cast by the great western expeditions of Lewis and Clark lies another journey every bit as poignant, every bit as dramatic, and every bit as essential to an understanding of who we are as a nation -- the 1,800-mile journey made by Chief Joseph and eight hundred Nez Perce men, women, and children from their homelands in what is now eastern Oregon through the most difficult, mountainous country in western America to the high, wintry plains of Montana. There, only forty miles from the Canadian border and freedom, Chief Joseph, convinced that the wounded and elders could go no farther, walked across the snowy battlefield, handed his rifle to the U.S. military commander who had been pursuing them, and spoke his now-famous words, "e;From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever."e;The story has been told many times, but never before in its entirety or with such narrative richness. Drawing on four years of research, interviews, and 20,000 miles of travel, Nerburn takes us beyond the surrender to the captives' unlikely welcome in Bismarck, North Dakota, their tragic eight-year exile in Indian Territory, and their ultimate return to the Northwest. Nerburn reveals the true, complex character of Joseph, showing how the man was transformed into a myth by a public hungry for an image of the noble Indian and how Joseph exploited the myth in order to achieve his single goal of returning his people to their homeland.Chief Joseph the Flight of the Nez Perce is far more than the story of a man and a people. It is a grand saga of a pivotal time in our nation's history. Its pages are alive with the presence of Lewis and Clark, General William Tecumseh Sherman, General George Armstrong Custer, and Sitting Bull. Its events brush against the California Gold Rush, the Civil War, the great western pioneer migration, and the building of the telegraph and the transcontinental railroad. Once you have read this groundbreaking work, you will never look at Chief Joseph, the American Indian, or our nation's westward journey in the same way again.

"e;Do not begrudge the white man his presence on this land. Though he doesn't know it yet, he has come here to learn from us."e;- A Shoshone elderThe genius of the Native Americans has always been their profound spirituality and their deep understanding of the land and its ways. For three decades, author Kent Nerburn has lived and worked among the Native American people. Voices in the Stones is a unique collection of his encounters, experiences, and reflections during that time. He takes us inside a traditional Native feast to show us how the children are taught to respect the elders. He brings us to an isolated prairie rock outcropping where a young Native man and his father show us how the power of ceremony connects the present with the ancient voices of the past. At a dusty roadside caf he introduces us to an elder who remembers the time when his ancestors could talk to animals. In these and other deeply touching stories, Nerburn reveals the spiritual awareness that animates all of Native American life, and shows us how we have much to learn from one another if only we have the heart to listen.

We all need advice growing up and facing the big stuff life gives us. We all need the voice of a parent or a good friend who has lived through joy and suffering and has thought deeply about it. Kent Nerburn is an extraordinary writer who can be that voice when we are lost and in need of guidance. Letters to My Son, written for his son, Nick, but true for all of us, shows us that life isn't always shared in all its richness with those we meet along the way. Kent shares with us what he believes, and makes us look at the hard questions, but never offers easy answers. Like a wise and gentle friend, he guides us to the truths that emerge when you approach life openly and honestly.