Spirit of the Earth: Indian Voices on Nature Silk Yet Bierstadt was also a

Yet Bierstadt was also a painter of history

In a classic book

and folklore

came to realize when he was still a boy that the maker of all was Wakan Tanka (the Great Spirit)

as well as a wide selection of contemporary photographs showing the diversity of the North American natural world

Spirit of the Earth: Indian Voices on Nature Silk Yet Bierstadt was also aOften spoken at the end of a prayer, a well known Sioux phrase affirms that we are all related. Similarly, the Sioux medicine man, Brave Buffalo, came to realize when he was still a boy that the maker of all was Wakan Tanka (the Great Spirit), and . . . in order to honor him I must honor his works in nature. The interconnectedness of all things, and the respect all things are due, are among the most prominent and most welcome themes in this collection