When the night bird sings
Joyce Sequichie Hifler tells the story of her own childhood in the Oklahoma hills of Cherokee Country. A gracefully written story of contemporary Native American life and spirituality, When the Night Bird Sings soars with deep feeling and trademark Hifler insight and compassion. From a family so poor that an eight-dollar monthly check was a godsend, Hifler shares the profound lessons she learned from her extended family of elders and from the Great Spirit. The richness of the landscape is woven through the book in a poignant tribute to nature and to the universal magic of childhood
collective biographies
174 pages ; 19 cm
9781571780782, 1571780785
40408722
Acknowledgments
Foreword
My people
E lis I, Grandmother
Uncle Carl
Papa
Place of peace
To have and to hold
Hills of summer
Flowers
Picnic on Anderson Creek
Uncle
Christmas love
Reassurance
Natural power
Wind
Fine art of wine making
New grandfather
Message within a message
Old Wah-ya', my friend
Leaves from a coon tree
Living by personal measures
Hearing without understanding
Sudden burst of song
E lis I's passing
Old-timer
Saying ahead of time
Listen and heed the laws
What Eden was, what Paradise may be
Brother and sister Harrell
Seasons
Free ... but not easy
Tracks
Prairie indian
Rounding up the cattle
Old Major
Whisper of the land
Seb and me, and fun
Sheriff's office
Rabbit run
Comfort me
Woman in the mirror
Pulse of life
Winter is over
We are friends forever
Surprising kinship
Even before computers
Grandfather
Lace, diamond necklaces, and mantels
Marching to success
How to be rich
Deep, dark, and lovely woods
Song and the vision
Lessons well learned
Ninety-six and holding
Old woods, new trees
No time like this
no end of the road
Old crooked leg
Index
Includes index