Table of Contents
Preface. A World beyond Our Understanding xiii
Part 1 Forgotten Secrets
Chapter 1 A Shout in the Night 3
Chapter 2 "I Have Something to Tell Him" 13
Chapter 3 Spirit Lodge 19
Chapter 4 The Notebook 24
Chapter 5 "I Knew You Were Coming" 36
Chapter 6 "He Is Measuring Your Fear" 51
Chapter 7 The Place of Black Soot 59
Chapter 8 The Woman in Pearls 68
Chapter 9 "We Didn't Know Any Better" 77
Chapter 10 Unquiet Ground 90
Chapter 11 Haunted with Ghosts 99
Part 2 Into the West
Chapter 12 The Lakota Two-Step 109
Chapter 13 The Eagle Man versus the Wichasha Wakan 121
Chapter 14 A Strong Heart to Serve 136
Chapter 15 "Your Silence Makes a Lot of Noise" 147
Chapter 16 Priests and Pelicans 155
Chapter 17 No Bullshit 173
Chapter 18 "I'm a Really Good Dog" 185
Chapter 19 A Respect Bigger than Friendship 200
Chapter 20 Eyes without Light 219
Chapter 21 The Big Leagues 229
Chapter 22 Kicked Out of the Creator's Living Room 236
Chapter 23 Watcher in the Shadows 247
Chapter 24 Two Worlds inside You 254
Chapter 25 The Tremendous Tonto 267
Chapter 26 Indian Science and the Little Fellows 282
Part 3 Northern Light
Chapter 27 Roll Call of the Dead 303
Chapter 28 A World of Other Laws 313
Chapter 29 Stolen Words 325
Chapter 30 The Night of the Dancing Ghosts 340
Chapter 31 The Singing Skies 354
Chapter 32 Tatanka Never Lies 367
Chapter 33 The Gift 379
Epilogue 387
Postscript 389
About the Author 391