When the Night Bird Sings

Klappentext Joyce Sequichie Hifler tells the story of her own childhood in the Oklahoma hills of Cherokee Country. A gracefully written story of contemporary Native American life and spirituality, When the Night Bird Sings soars with deep feeling and trademark Hifler insight and compassion. From a family so poor that an eight-dollar monthly check was a godsend, Hifler shares the profound lessons she learned from her extended family of elders and from the Great Spirit. The richness of the landscape is woven through the book in a poignant tribute to nature and to the universal magic of childhood. Zusammenfassung In this text, Joyce Sequichie Hifler tells for the first time the true story of her own family and her childhood as a young Native American.

Product details

• Authors: Joyce Sequichie Hifler
• Publisher: Council oak publications
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2004
• EAN: 9781571780782
• ISBN: 978-1-57178-078-2
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Ethnology