Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power (Indigenous Wisdom Classics) - Softcover

Thomas E. Mails

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0982327412 ISBN 13: 9780982327418

Publisher: Millichap Books, 2012

Synopsis

Frank Fools Crow is regarded by many as the greatest Native American holy person of the last hundred years. Nephew of Black Elk, and a disciplined, gentle, spiritual and political leader, Fools Crow died in 1989 at the age of 99. Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power is the only book to reveal, often in his own words, the philosophy and practice of this historic leader.
Over a period of years beginning in 1974, author Thomas E. Mails met many times with the remarkable Sioux holy man Frank Fools Crow, and was entrusted with the powerful, transformative and healing teachings of this important leader. Fools Crow healed and touched many lives, and continues to do so in this cherished classic of Native American spirituality.
This edition of Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power includes additional photos of Fools Crow (some previously unpublished), an afterword with an overview of the great teacher's Seven Ways of Healing, and a foreword by Russell Means.

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Book Description:

In this astounding book, Frank Fools Crow, ceremonial chief of the Teton Sioux and one of the greatest Native American holy persons, explains traditions and practices that bring spiritual power to ordinary lives. Mails says of his subject: "No other eminent holy person has ever, or perhaps could ever, so plainly have revealed how he knew what he knew and how he did the things he did".

From the Back Cover:

"Anyone who is willing to live the life I have led can do the things I do." -Fools Crow

"You have to understand the goodness of Chief Frank Fools Crow in order to understand what the American Indian is really all about. Grandpa Fools Crow possessed a dignity that you no longer see in America. Grandpa possessed every quality that the American Indian people of these great lands once held." -from the foreword by Russell Means, Oglala Lakota Patriot

"I knew the old Ceremonial Chief of the Teton Sioux well, having been in six annual sun dances all led by Chief Fools Crow. Other ceremonies I also served as his helper. Mails portrays the spirit and intellect of the powerful holy man quite well." - Ed McGaa, Eagle Man, Oglala, author of Mother Earth Spirituality and Rainbow Tribe

Over a period of years beginning in 1974, author Thomas E. Mails met many times with the remarkable Sioux holy man Frank Fools Crow, and was entrusted with the powerful, transformative and healing teachings of this important leader. Fools Crow healed and touched many lives, and continues to do so in this cherished classic of Native American spirituality.

This new edition of Fools Crow: Wisdom and Power includes additional photos of Fools Crow (some previously unpublished), an afterword with an overview of the great teacher's Seven Ways of Healing, and a foreword by Russell Means.

About this edition

• Publisher: Millichap Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0982327412
• ISBN 13: 9780982327418
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224