Dance In A Buffalo Skull writing offering the reservation's children a

offering the reservation's children a free education

From his first job as physician at Pine Ridge Agency

she calls us to witness how each living thing is alive I n a conscious world with its own integrity

From the true story of a family that raised a fawn until nursing it became too painful for its adoptive human mother to the squirrel that accidentally took the ride of its life across Mille Lacs Lake on the back of an owl

he teaches her about treaties—the bonds of reciprocity and renewal that endure for as long as the sun shines

Dance In A Buffalo Skull writing offering the reservation's children aZitkala A a recorded this Yankton Sioux story more than 100 years ago, but this tale of mice caught unaware is still satisfyingly scary. Out on the deep, dark prairie, a large group of mice is having a wild party inside an old buffalo skull. The small creatures, in festive paint and costume, are dancing, singing, and eating with abandon, and they have neglected to put anyone on security detail. Out of the dark emptiness stalks a wildcat that waits