Belonging to the Black Crows A Lakota Journey Dorothy Black Crow 9781943588398 Books
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In 1977, Dorothy Black Crow traded worlds from mainstream America to a foreign country within the United States the Great Sioux Nation. Though it hardly took any time for her to meet—marry—and move with Selo Black Crow—from Ann Arbor, Michigan, to Pine Ridge Res, South Dakota, it took years for her to fit into the vastly different Lakota culture. Out on 800 acres of South Dakota land, Dorothy had to learn, often the hard way • WE is more important than I. • Tiyoshpaya, the extended family, is most important. • Greed and hoarding is the greatest sin. • Generosity, courage and endurance are the greatest goals. • Reputation is all Black Crow Honor. • The Land itself is alive, and the Great Mystery watches over all. Faced with living in a log cabin without running water or electricity, Dorothy hauled water, sewed by lamplight, and polished the dirt floor. Under South Dakota skies, she butchered and dried meat, chopped wood, “fixed fence,” chased horses, picked chokecherries, plums, buffaloberries, horsemint and sage. She survived blizzards, South Dakota gumbo, and cousins-in-law teasing. Dorothy shares an unforgettable journey into a different American culture that forever altered her point of view and way of life.
Belonging to the Black Crows A Lakota Journey Dorothy Black Crow 9781943588398 Books
This is a beautiful story of woman who becomes captivated by the magnetic personality of one of few remaining Lakota spiritual leaders and takes a leap of faith, giving up everything, to enter his world. Her adventures are humorous, unexpected, and at times tragic. She portrays the Lakota culture with unparalleled authenticity, with an emphasis on rarely encountered sacred rituals. The story is both personal and universal, a tale of love, hope, and triumph with poetic glimpse into the traditional spiritual beliefs of the Lakota Sioux.Product details
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Belonging to the Black Crows A Lakota Journey Dorothy Black Crow 9781943588398 Books Reviews
Fascinating story, well written. A view of a world few of us will ever see. Dorothy Black Crow lived it, and she tells it with vivid, sure strokes. A must read.
I was actually surprised in so many ways. Life was very hard living on the Reservation. I honor them as a nation and their beliefs and respect for Mother Earth.
Captivating story. I love the way the details transported me to the reservation. I learned so much about the culture I didn't have any idea about before, and the story was full of a strength that has stuck with me since reading it! Great memoir.
I loved this book, written by my friend, Determined Dorothy, an illuminating journey into one of the many ancient cultures with whom we share the prairies and mountains of this vast nation we call our own. One of my favorite books is A Thousand White Women and this memoir is akin to a real-life version of that tale. Dorothy's transformation from Ivy League education and University of Michigan professor to the wife of the Sioux spiritual leader on the South Dakota Pine Ridge Reservation is a cross-cultural story akin to any Peace Corps experience and a necessary reminder that we ignore the wise and ancient cultures surrounding us at our own peril.
The values and lessons we learn along with Dorothy, as recounted by her expert eye and pen, are ones we all need to know, foreign and opposite as they are from the virtues extolled by the majority of our own. Imagine living in a culture where We is more important than I, greed and hoarding the greatest sin, and the most important things are family, honoring elders, reputation, generosity, courage, and endurance. And the Creator's gifts water, life, air.
I am left gnashing my teeth with regret and frustration that we didn't learn from the Native Americans, rather we ignored, marginalized, supplanted, and annihilated. Dorothy intersperses Lakota words in her writing which, along with her keen observations about their culture as she strives to adapt, will prove to be invaluable as a historical record. And I believe her when she concludes that she hears the Buffalo People. And they are coming.
Fascinating story of a Caucasian professor who marries a Native American medicine man and lives with him on the Lakota Reservation under the most basic conditions. With no water or electricity and a dirt floor, she must become accustomed to this new, sometimes hostile culture..
THANK YOU, DOROTHY!!! I am truly grateful that you have shared this wonderful history with all of us. As your former student of Native American Literature in Newport, I was so enthralled with your stories of life on the reservation, I have repeated them many times to friends and family. Your story of picking sage with a sister-in-law was one I repeat often, how you excitedly thought of picking extra sage to sell, but were told in no uncertain terms that it was not the way, you only pick what is needed, so those who come after you will have something to pick. That's the Native-American way, and it explains their philosophy of life so perfectly. I just received the book today, and made it through to the 4th chapter, and I am mesmerized, just as I was in your classroom. I consider myself blessed to have been in your classroom, and to finally have an extension of that experience with this wonderful book. I believe you sharing this beautiful love story is the greatest gift to us all. Thanks again!
Dorothy Black Crow is an excellent writer about a subject she knows well and lived. At age 40, with a successful career as a university professor in Ann Arbor, Michigan, and the single parent of two children, she marries a member of the Lakota tribe and moves onto the North Dakota reservation in the heart of winter. She lives in a dirt floor cabin with no electricity, no running water, no bathroom. As a white woman she is not warmly received by many in the tribe, including many in her husband's family. This book chronicles Ms. Black Crow's life on the res as the wife of a tribal leader. It has everything you want in a book, including some pretty descriptive sex. I loved the book, and it is one I will remember. I am in awe of how the author was able to adapt from a relatively comfortable life style to a truly primitive way of life. I am looking forward to Dorothy Black Crow's next book!
This is a beautiful story of woman who becomes captivated by the magnetic personality of one of few remaining Lakota spiritual leaders and takes a leap of faith, giving up everything, to enter his world. Her adventures are humorous, unexpected, and at times tragic. She portrays the Lakota culture with unparalleled authenticity, with an emphasis on rarely encountered sacred rituals. The story is both personal and universal, a tale of love, hope, and triumph with poetic glimpse into the traditional spiritual beliefs of the Lakota Sioux.
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