Books by the bed:

Spirit and Reason, Vine Deloria, Jr.
Untie the Strong Woman, Clarissa PInkola Estes
Shamanism, Colonialism and the Wild Man, Michael Taussig
White Tiger, A Adiga
Wisdom Sits in Places, Keith Basso
Native Science, Greg Cajete
The Spirit of NAtive America, Anna Lee Walters
The Essential Rumi
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