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Eldon offers his son a world the boy has never seen

imposing on them the regimentation of Clock Time

and it is their marrow that holds the cure for the rest of the world

the story of the Oglala Lakota visionary and healer Nicholas Black Elk (1863–1950) and his people during momentous twilight years of the nineteenth century

Flight of the Hummingbird: A Parable for the Environment language studies compulsory religious instruction and practiceHummingbirds 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