Gardens in the Dunes spirituality and in the pages of

and in the pages of Crow Jesus

convey serious moral instruction

Their life consists of a timeless round of activity

one that connects the painful past and the hard-fought future of her Dakota homeland

of remembering our original relationship to the seeds and

Gardens in the Dunes spirituality and in the pages ofA sweeping, multifaceted tale of a young Native American pulled between the cherished traditions of a heritage on the brink of extinction and an encroaching white culture, Gardens in the Dunes is the powerful story of one womans quest to reconcile two worlds that are diametrically opposed. At the center of this struggle is Indigo, who is ripped from her tribe, the Sand Lizard people, by white soldiers who destroy her home and family. Placed in a