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Who Cries for Mother Earth

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Just one word: excellent!
In the poetic style of the Lakota people, the author shouts at us a few truths that we try to ignore: our planet is sick and we are the cause, because of our greed, our cruelty towards other living beings and our carelessness in replenishing resources what do we use. But it also gives us hope, if we unite, if we forget our selfishness and revive our love and appreciation for nature we may rescue our beautiful blue planet.
I am waiting for the day when these visions come true and our Mother Earth will be free of evil and recover all its beauty and splendor. Meanwhile, and as far as I can, I can only say: I will also cry for Mother Earth.
Wopila. Wopila. Wopila. Wopila.

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"Who cries for Mother Hearth" is the story of a 16-year-old Lakota girl who is being introduced to the traditional medicine and spirituality of her people, in order to become a healer and follow the path of her grandmother. The events center around the ceremony of <i> Hanbleceya</i> (Vision Quest), a period of four days in which the girl is left alone with no food or water and drinks the medicine (<i>pejute</i>), waiting for the visions that will prove her that she is, in fact, destined to become a spiritual guide for her tribe.

The whole book is basically the description of these visions, that tell stories of spirit animals, the present and the future, giving the protagonist glimpses of the suffering of our planet due to the evil of mankind, and then of the rebirth and healing of Mother Hearth thanks to a new generation, more evolved in spiritual matters.

The spiritual message of this book felt very close to my own spirituality, and I later found out, reading the afterword, that the author had a life experience very close to mine: she was born in the countryside and grew up feeling very close to nature and experiencing the sacredness of Mother Hearth thanks to solitude and company of animals and trees, but she had to move to the city when she grew up, "forgetting" about that instinctive connection. She then went back to that knowledge as an adult, reconnecting with the spiritual discoveries she had as a child thanks to her experience with the Lakota people.

That is why, even though the book itself definitely has some issues as for the writing style, plot, etc, it made me feel good to read it and for that I thank the author.

<i>I keep my heart
in gratitude
I remember
Nothing negative
Can conquer
A grateful heart</i>

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This is a beautiful story about the Lakota and the importance of vision quests to their people. It is filled with spirituality and Native American culture. I loved it.

I would like to thank Netgalley and the publisher for providing me with a copy of this book free of charge. This is my honest and unbiased opinion of it.

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A beautiful walk through Native American thoughts of nature and culture. Highly recommend to readers who are trying to gain an understanding of the culture as well as readers who want a fulfilling read.

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Who Cries for Mother Earth is an extraordinary story about Native American tradition, faith, love, family and destiny. I loved it!

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I Am Yellowbird Woman.

There are times when a vision is so powerful it can rest in a person’s soul forever.

Based on Lakota culture and spirituality, in Who Cries For Mother Earth, a young Lakota is mentored by Unci (Grandmother) learning how to heal her people. Zintkala Zi Win (Yellow Bird Woman) lost her mother at childbirth, her Grandmother (Unci) took her in and kept her alive for a time. Her father visited her, but she ended up in an orphan tepee until Unci came and took her in for good. A people of great warrior strength and spirituality, the Lakota once walked free giving care, medicine to people. One day her warrior father too went to the sky, her Unci would teach her the ways of medicine women, gathering roots, sacred medicines, understanding visions , giving prayers of supplication to Wakan Tanka (God) and listening to Mother Earth. Medicine is spiritual, not every person in a family is called to the healing. The Lakota travel tribe to tribe, offering great doctoring and spiritual teachings, known as the Brother Tribe. Before long, she meets her sacred animal, one that will be with her for life. While allowed to play, be a child, there is much respect and reverence taken when approaching the pejuta wakan.

The beauty of this novel is the knowledge and respect of the earth, of energies, of every living thing (which has spirit). Noting with medicine work, due diligence must be paid to the emotional state of medicine women as they work with the plants, as energy is believed to effect the purity of the healing. Humility, peace and love are of most importance. Life isn’t easy for them, traveling place to place they deal with harsh elements, sickness. There is as much reverence for the animals, for the food they provide, the spiritual visions, messages as they have for human beings. There is never any waste. As seen as savage, she points out the true savagery is in owning and farming the land, wiping out native crops. White men damming waters, no longer allowed to flow freely. People begin to ignore Mother Earth, to harm her. It is full of premonitions of destruction, war. Who will cry for her, Mother Earth?

The Lakota lived in Harmony until the white man resigned them to boxes, reservations. It’s a highly spiritual, beautiful book, not my usual read but something to chew on considering we all share this world and the harm being done to earth is harm to us all. There is beauty in respecting that the Earth isn’t ours, we are just visitors. We have certainly gone far away from the love and respect for nature, all things spiritual the Lakota chose as their way of life. A unique book about Native American Culture and Spirituality.

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Review to come. Here's my initial response.

This is a great book that shows you the power of Vision Quests in the Lakota culture. I didn't really understand before what happened in one, so I am grateful that this book showed me one person's (fictional) experience.

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A beautiful yet humbling book about mother earth, and the people and living beings who lived here before the white man took over. This novel is steeped in Spirituality and the ways of those who heal without white man’s medicine. I particularly enjoyed the elegant and heartfelt prayers at the beginning of each short chapter.

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