Our people are very lucky to be here, says Albert White Hat Sr.
Filled with warmth and humor, Life\'s Journey--Zuya is an enjoyable and enlightening read..
By gathering the traditions and ceremonies in a single volume, with the history of how they evolved, he has secured the meaning of these practices for futre generations.
Language, interwoven with history, tells the people where they came from and who they are.
Using anecdotes he shows not only how the Lakota lifestyle has been altered but also how Lakota words have begun to take on new meanings that lack their original connotations and generate a different picture of Lakota philosophy.
White Hat also shares stories from his own experience.
This is Zuya, Oral history that is lived and handed down over the generations.
In Life\'s Journey--Zuya , White Hat has collected and translated the stories of medicine men, retaining the simplicity of their language so as not to interpret their words through a Western lens.
As a teacher at Sinte Gleska University in South Dakota, White Hat seeks to preserve the link the Lakota people have with their past.
Although the Lakota people can practice their beliefs openly once again, things have changed and old ways have been forgotten.
He has lived through a time when Indians were sent to boarding schools and were not permitted to practice their own rituals.
Our people are very lucky to be here, says Albert White Hat Sr
