A Good Hide

A Good HideFrom these hands, old to new, a tradition of love passes through. In Alaska, Fall is moose season. When the hunt is over, the community comes together to transform the raw moose hide into something truly special, step by step, with the work of many hands. From stretching and scraping to making brain stew, each part of the process is a celebration! With humor and heart, debut author Karina Iceberg (Aleut Alutiiq) and award winning illustrator Natasha

including Geronimo's descendents

struggling to keep up with the game that's passing him by

beautiful cover art by Aza Erdrich

As they travel

Weaving together the past and the present through powerful

But Mud has no idea that she's about to embark on a vision quest that will involve deceit

overseen by Washington's small but growing bureaucracy

Miskwaadesi is puzzled about the teaching Truth

The Soul of the Indian draws on his childhood teaching and ancestral ideals to counter the research written by outsiders who treated the Dakotas' ancient worldviews chiefly as a matter of curiosity

And watch in wonder the quiet majesty of its turning

At once a deeply moving memoir and a fascinating elucidation of a rich indigenous cosmology

"The most profound truth in the universe is this: that we are all one drum and we need each other