Earths Mind: Essays In Native Literature; Author: Dunsmore, Roger; Author: Edrington; Hardback; Book

Author: Dunsmore, Roger; Author: Edrington
Hardback; Book; Illustrations
225 pages
Published: January 2001
University of New Mexico Press
ISBN: 0826317987
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These thirteen essays reflect Dunsmore's broad experience as a poet, student of native literature, and teacher. They take their inspiration from Chief Joseph's statement that the Earth andmyself are of one mind, and go on to consider Black Elk; the work of D'Arcy McNickle, Simon Ortiz, and Laurens van der Post; Salish stories; and Pueblo sacred clowns. The idea that mind is somethinglarger and more pervasive in nature than the Western tradition has usually considered suggests respect as central to survival and conveys the essential wildness of mind.Earth's Mind will be usefulto those who study or teach native literature or who simply want to understand better native world views.