Flight of the Hummingbird: A Parable for the Environment

Flight of the Hummingbird: A Parable for the EnvironmentHummingbirds have long been a symbol of wisdom and courage. In this charming story, a hummingbird makes a valiant effort to put out a raging fire that threatens her forest home trip after trip, her beak is filled each time with just a drop of water. Her efforts show her woodland companions that doing something anything is better than doing nothing at all. The hummingbird parable, which originates with the Quechuan people of South America, has become a

the gentle lessons on tribal traditions the grandparents give

There is wisdom in sharing what one knows

continues this momentous tradition

to Jake Skeets

As Xiala well knows

and the states since the founding of this country

–Dakota War and the resulting exile that sent the majority of the Dakota to prisons and reservations beyond the state’s boundaries

this volume offers examples of the ways in which Native American beliefs in spirits have been and remain a fundamental aspect of history and culture

26 illustrations

A warm and welcome addition to the unfolding saga of a 19th-century Ojibwe family

Black Snake is the story of four leaders—LaDonna Allard

filled with the somber majesty of Pueblo myth