The healing power of horses : lessons from the Lakota Indians
Wendy Beth Baker ; photography by Hope Vinitsky.
- Irvine, Calif. : BowTie Press, c2004.
- 143 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Includes Bibliography
First words -- Arrival of Sun'ka Wakan, the holy dog -- Lakota horsepeople of Pine Ridge -- Wayne Waters -- Marlin "Moon" Weston -- Eugenic White Hawk -- Wendell Yellow Buff -- Aldeen Twiss, Phillip Jumping Eagle, and his brother, Billy -- Dale Vocu -- Emma and Shelley Waters -- Wilmer Mesteth -- Vernell White Thunder -- Pat Heathershaw -- Lester Waters -- Carlows -- Future of Lakota horsepeople.
Wendy Beth Baker’s The Healing Power of Horses is devoted to the world’s greatest horsepeople, the Oglala Lakota Indians of Pine Ridge, South Dakota. She begins the book by sharing the philosophy of these great horse-loving people: “There are those who feel the sun rises and sets on the back of a horse, and no matter what obstacles life sets in their way, they never dismount.” The spirit and fortitude of the Lakota Indians inform Baker’s words as she describes how this once-nomadic tribe came to view the horse as sacred and assigned it great significance in their culture, religion, and lifestyle. The Indians who live on the Pine Ridge Reservation have grown spiritually and as a community through their relationship with their horses, and it is through this connection to the natural world that the power of healing and ultimately, health, flows.