Dennis Gaffin

"Drawing on verbatim interviews with an Algonquin and an Ojibwe elder, this book details the meaning and use of birds in North American Indigenous communities as helpers and teachers in spiritual, psychological, and social life"-- "An intimate and personal account of the profound role birds play in Native American life and spirituality. For many hours over a period of years, anthropologist Dennis Gaffin recorded his conversations with two Native...