The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder’s Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows
by admin on Jul.29, 2010, under Books
- ISBN13: 9781577315780
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A note is left on a car windshield, an old dog dies, and Kent Nerburn finds himself back on the Lakota reservation where he traveled more than a decade before with a tribal elder named Dan. The touching, funny, and haunting journey that ensues goes deep into reservation boarding-school mysteries, the dark confines of sweat lodges, and isolated Native homesteads far back in the Dakota hills in search of ghosts that have haunted Dan since childhood.
In this fictionalized account of actual events, Nerburn brings the land of the northern High Plains alive and reveals the Native American way of teaching and learning with a depth that few outsiders have ever captured…. More >>
The Wolf at Twilight: An Indian Elder’s Journey through a Land of Ghosts and Shadows
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July 29th, 2010 on 2:47 pm
I have to say, all of the wonderful things that Nerburn was able to do with this book is completely shattered by how angry it made me.
This is more of a personal issue than anything else, but I wanted to warn those interested in this book. The entire book, outside of the spiritual and historical journey, is a bunch of arrogant, disrespectful Indians being manipulative and rude to a White man who goes way out of his way to help an old Indian man find something.
It’s completely ridiculous to the point that I literally stopped 5 pages before the book was over. I have never done that before. They way the Indians treat the author is totally unacceptable, and the fact that he just lets it happen is really frustrating.
The writing, the story, and everything else make an incredibly interesting and well-done book, but I couldn’t stand the bragging and pushing-around the Indians did. Dan, the elder, and the others, wax poetic about how racist and derogatory White people are to Indians, but they’re constantly accusing Nerburn of acting like a White man (duh!), having a different hand-shake than them, critize his driving, his choices, his questions, his offers to help, and pretty much treat him like dirt the entire book.
So, if you don’t care about any of that, PLEASE read this book, its fantastic. But if you get deeply involved with characters in books, you will be just as annoyed as me, and the message the Native Americans are trying to pass along will get tainted by how awful they treat him.
Rating: 3 / 5
July 29th, 2010 on 3:16 pm
My sister bought Wolf at Twilight through a book club. I borrowed it and read it, then could hardly wait to read Neither Wolf nor Dog! This book stands alone, but I would suggest, if possible, that you read Neither Wolf nor Dog first. The Wolf at Twilight takes the reader onto a Lakota Indian Reservation to see Dan, a Lakota Indian elder, who used an unusual way to contact the author. The request Dan made of the author was a difficult one – to find his little sister, Yellow Bird. This request took Mr. Nerburn on an interesting journey, one that keeps the reader’s full attention!
Mr. Nerburn has a heart for the Indians and treats Dan with the respect due an elder. He has written about things we all need to know and in such a way that permits us to see things somewhat through the eyes of this Indian elder named Dan.
My heart breaks for the pain I feel for all Native American Indians for the way they were treated, the loss of their homelands, the loss of so many of their people, the loss of their way of life, and for the promises and treaties made, then broken, by the U.S. Government.
Kudos to Mr. Nerburn for this soul touching book! I absolutely love it!!!
Rating: 5 / 5
July 29th, 2010 on 5:40 pm
Kent Nerburn continues the saga of Dan the Lakota elder we met in his first book “Neither Wolf nor Dog”. Nerburn earned the trust of Dan in telling his story. It is easy to see why. The author pulls no punches. He is honest and straight forward even when it might put him in a less than favorable light.
We are given a rare look into the Native American experience at the hands of the white man, past and present. Neither are pretty and reflect more than poorly on this nation and it’s treatment of Native people. This is not history book stuff. This is real human experience of a person who lived through and experienced events you won’t necessarily find in books.
The Wolf at Twilight has Dan searching for closure on the fate of his sister Yellow Bird. Both children were caught in the heinous experience of the Indian boarding school. Children were taken from their families, as good as imprisoned in these schools in the attempt to “make them white” and disconnect them from their native roots. It is in one of these schools that Dan lost his sister. He’s entrusted the author to help him on his quest to find out what happened to her some eighty years later. It’s a heart breaking, powerful journey.
We meet amazing characters along the way. Nerburn does an excellent job of making them human, not caricatures. He has a unique ability to capture the essence that makes the person an individual.
I learned much in the reading of this book. As a nation we made a conscious effort to right the wrongs of slavery for example, but it seems done little for the Native people. I have wondered about this. Dan gave me an answer, but you’ll have to read the book to find it out.
Neither Wolf nor Dog or the Wolf at Twilight are easy books to read if you have any sense of justice. They will break your heart, but in doing so will open a path to greater understanding and with that respect for Native people. I’m grateful to have found these books and for the experience of learning about native life and culture from an Elder.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 29th, 2010 on 7:39 pm
The wolf at twilight is a story about pain, beauty, sorrow, love and the mystery that was always meant to be honored not solved.
Kent Nerburn has been given the sacred privilege of being the messenger .
The characters in his book are from real life encounter and yet they carry the magical aura of the “Great Mystery”.
We are all given the gifts that we did not want to call gifts because they were painful and they did not guarantee an easy painless life.and yet they were gifts, sometimes beyond our comprehension.
Every moment in this story is so real that at times it becomes unbearable.
The message toward the end of the book is a gift that should be shared.
This book has been a gift; magical, painful, beautiful, real and in many aspects an eye opener.
Thank you Kent Nerburn for sharing what deserved to reach people, forever.
Rating: 5 / 5
July 29th, 2010 on 8:46 pm
This is an unbelievable piece or writing. Author Kent Nerburn tells a real life story about the life and perspective of a Native American Elder. Nerburn spent many hours getting to know Dan and his extended Native family, eventually Nerburn becomes a close and trusted personal friend. Author Kent Nerburn has a poetic and natural beauty with his words, he makes the story come to life and it can be visualized like a movie. Nerburn is a bridge builder between the Native and white world, he connects people with his true gift. Nerburn is lead by Spirit and he follows his heart and assists Dan in completing the last piece of his lifelong puzzle. I love this book; it made me cry more than any other book I’ve ever read. If you want something that touches your soul, I highly recommend this book. Thanks for the great work Mr. Nerburn.
Rating: 5 / 5