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Gerald Hausman is a renowned storyteller and award-winning author of more than 70 books about Native America, animals, mythology, and West Indian culture, including The Kebra Nagast, introduced by Ziggy Marley. He has presented stories throughout the United States and Europe as well as on NPR and show more the History Channel and for the Kennedy Center and the American Library Association. He lives in Bokeelia, Florida. show less

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Works by Gerald Hausman

Wilderness (1994) 50 copies
Escape From Botany Bay (2003) 39 copies
The Jacob Ladder (2001) 35 copies
The Story of Blue Elk (1998) 34 copies
Horses of Myth (2005) 20 copies
Doctor Bird (1998) 19 copies
THE AMERICAN STORYBAG (2010) 19 copies
The Coyote Bead (2004) 10 copies
Stargazer (Book 1) (1988) 6 copies
Night Herding Song (1978) 5 copies
Night Flight (1996) 4 copies
Navajo Nights (Audio) (1987) 3 copies
The Berkshire Anthology (1972) 2 copies
Time Swimmer (2009) 2 copies
Circle meadow (1972) 2 copies
Stargazer-Audio Tape (2004) 1 copy

Associated Works

Superheroes: All-Original Adventures of All-New Heroes (1995) — Contributor — 213 copies
Tales from the Great Turtle (1994) — Contributor — 143 copies
Best Shorts: Favorite Stories for Sharing (2006) — Contributor — 90 copies
Warriors of Blood and Dream (1995) — Contributor — 78 copies
Wheel of Fortune (1995) — Contributor — 78 copies
Phantoms of the Night (1996) — Contributor — 30 copies

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Personally I found this to be more folklore than “meditation”, although meditation/peace certainly exists outside of philosophical Asian (and European) cultures, so I guess if they had to make that first baseman’s stretch to get the Navajo into this “Meditations With” series, that’s okay.

From a cross-cultural/human/One God perspective, I think Coyote is basically (my friend) Hermes, and Changing Woman (who I’ve seen before in that online goddess oracle I use, but knew nothing about) is basically Girlie/Femmie. I don’t know. It’s like…. It’s like they’re my friend, you know.

From a sense of differences, the Navajo are different because their society places more value on the past, and nature, and also has specific language and national characteristics and loyalties (eg harried by the whites, French-German style feuds with say the Pueblo and other Southwest tribes in the old days). Our society values more change and technology, and white supremacy. Which isn’t to say that a scientist is necessarily more or as racist as others, (although of course it’s possible to support our science as the white man’s way), but we value all of those things.

I’m also often surprised when I read about Native cultures how often they come from fear—when they come from love it’s less of a surprise, somehow—and also how non-intuitive their specific healing systems are to an Anglo.
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goosecap | 1 other review | Sep 6, 2023 |
Well told stories with beautiful illustrations. The stories were more modern then I had expected and touched on many topics. I wish there was more information about where the stories themselves came from. The notes at then end were helpful but I wanted to know more.
 
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mutantpudding | Dec 26, 2021 |
Good example of a Navajo legend. Could lead to interesting discussions about other cultures. Longer than I’d like, but good for 2nd-5th grade.
 
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