The Manataka American Indian Council
Proudly Presents
TIMELESS WISDOM BOOKS
By TAMARACK SONG
Journey to the Ancestral Self:
The Native Lifeway Guide to Living
in Harmony with Earth Mother
Tamarack Song teaches that the life ways of all Native peoples are essentially one, sharing not only the same ceremonies and rites, but the same spirit and reverence for life. Regardless of ethnic or religious background, we all are essentially Native people who have lost our original voice. In regaining that voice we discover:
Native life ways - the Way of the Warrior, the care taking of children, and reverence for elders - are intrinsic to all human experience (In-depth exercises cover Native skills such as stalking, night vision, adapting to cold.)
Native traditional practices - including moon ritual, seeking a mentor, and honoring male and female energy - encourage hidden spiritual powers to manifest.
There is a native human capacity for healing which can only be had by returning to balance with Earth Mother
In this day, few of us seem able to declare that we are truly and deeply happy. We find ourselves frustrated with life as we know it and on a quest for life as it could be. We thirst for a more intimate physical and spiritual relationship with The Earth, and yearn for the skills to do so. Our senses and intuitions are not as keen as we know they could be; our personal Life paths seem clouded and distorted. Somehow our search brings us to explore Native life ways, for which this book is a timely guide. From its deep philosophy to its everyday yet vital sensitivities and awareness, the ways of our Ancestors are explored and experienced. We learn the skills for walking in Balance in the Wilderness, as well as in our daily lives. And we are given the tools to discover the purpose and contentment that is uniquely intended for each of us.
"There is deep wisdom in this book, written by someone who walks his talk in a beautiful way. Take some quiet time with it, and use it well" Brooke Medicine Eagle, author of Buffalo Woman Comes Singing
"It awoke in me a yearning to search for my own cultural spiritual being that has long been denied me for so long." Fay Moseley, Australian Aborigine, director, Gandangara Aboriginal Land Council
"A workbook for rediscovering and rebecoming our once naturally balanced selves...Refreshing, inspiring and studious...To be used over and over, then passed along to others." Jim Riggs Aboriginal skills instructor, author of Blue Mountain Buckskin
"A real landmark . . . splendid illustrations." Keewaydinoquay Ojibwe elder and herbalist, author of Direction We Know: Walk in Honor
"It will inspire seekers and potential Warrior guardians to take up the cudgel of truth and life... A 'how to' for a path of life." Heart Warrior Cosa Objibwe/Cree/Lakota, author of Seven Chalk Hills
"...truth about the planetary heart...a pathway to remember ancient knowledge." Barbara Hand Clow Panther Band, Cherokee, author of Eye of the Centaur
"...gems of wisdom and keen observation, and writing that might rank as poetry." Rhonda Gilman Author and Senior Research Fellow, Minnesota Historical Society
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Journey to the Ancestral Self: The Native Lifeway Guide to Living in Harmony with Earth Mother Paperback, 215 pages. $15.00 |
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Audio-Book Cassette version. $32. | |
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Book and Audio-Book Cassette set. $45. |
TIMELESS WISDOM BOOKLETS
By TAMARACK SONG
All of Tamarack's booklets are self published. There is no fancy cover or pictures. Each booklet is hand copied and bound by hand with artificial sinew.
These booklets are full of detail and intimate perspectives on the Old Ways. They show how to find your Native self, and how to Walk the Good Way, in today's world.
Come, sit down with one of these enjoyable Timeless Wisdom Booklets and allow your mind and spirit to be transported to that timeless place where learning and wisdom awaken your ancestral memories. Come and be the native you are.
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Medicine Plant, Medicine Animal: Ancestral Healer
By Tamarack Song |
Medicine Plant, Medicine Animal: Ancestral Healer Are you a healer? This book might help you find out, as well as giving ways for you to find your healing helpers and learn about their gifts and powers. 31pp, Paper. $4 |
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Matedness: Two Hearts, One Fire
By Tamarack Song |
Matedness: Two Hearts, One Fire Explore Native ways that can help find the intimate relationship you dream about. This book will help you to have better relationships of all kinds. 82 pp, Paper. $8 |
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Death: The Song of Passing
By Tamarack Song |
Death: The Song of Passing Step through the doorway of death and see what might be on the other side. Here is how a Native views life and death, and why a Native can feel completed in life and welcome death when it comes. 22 pp, Paper. $3 |
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Native Lifeway: The Circle Way
By Tamarack Song |
Native Lifeway: The Circle Way Feel like you’re living it — the Native Commandments, Lodge living, Cradleboard rearing, Elders, the Warrior Way, honoring visitors, the Sacred Fire, and more. 72 pages, $7 |
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Finding a Guide and the Role of the Seeker
By Tamarack Song |
Finding a Guide and the Role of the Seeker Where to find a real Native Teacher, how to approach him/her, the traditional way to act respectfully, accept guidance and show gratitude, and more. 30 pp, Paper. $4 |
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The Vision Quest: A Script for Life
By Tamarack Song |
The Vision Quest: A Script for Life An intense and tender pathway to the most Sacred of Native rites, and a guide for your Quest. Perhaps the first text to present the Quest with such detail and intimacy. 63 pp, Paper $7 |
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Your Sacred Name: The Native Within
By Tamarack Song |
Your Sacred Name: The Native Within You already have a Native name; here’s how to find it, understand it, honor it, and open to its power and guidance. 23 pp, Paper. $3 |
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Your Animal Guide: Your Life Companion
By Tamarack Song |
Your Animal Guide: Your Life Companion A deep journey into the spiritual relationship between Animal and Human. Here your Guardian Animal comes alive — personality, voice, teaching ways, and more. 82 pp, Paper. $8 |
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The Sweat Lodge: A Return to the Womb
By Tamarack Song |
The Sweat Lodge: A Return to the Womb Its history, symbolism, Lodge construction and sacred items, personal preparation, roles of individuals, the ceremony itself, what happens inside the Lodge, and more. 71 pp, Paper. $7 |
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Sacred Speech: The Way of Truthspeaking
By Tamarack Song
"...Truthspeaking
is a term found in many Native languages. To Truthspeak is to state clearly and
simply what one thinks and feels. There is no judgment or expectation, no
disguise of humor or force of anger. This manner of speech is sacred, because it
wells up from the soul of our being rather than from our self-absorbed
ego..."
How
many times have you heard someone begin with "To be honest," when they
intend to be straightforward with their thoughts and feelings? Wouldn't it be
nice if people could always "be honest?" Helping that to happen is the
reason for this book.
In Sacred Speech: The Way of Truthspeaking you will learn how to hear the
truth in lies and how to unmask anger to reveal the feelings that caused it. You
will be shown how to see cursing and swearing as the externalizing and judging
they actually are. You will find out why gossiping depletes personal power.
These skills make it easier for someone to hear what you have to say—not just
your words, but the thoughts and feelings behind them.
Along with that, you will learn how to better listen. A person needs to feel
that he is being heard in order to feel completed in expressing himself.
These, and many more of the mysteries and delights of Truthspeaking—the
natural way to fully and clearly express yourself—are the subject matter of
this book. In a straightforward, step-by-step approach, you will be shown this
blissful way of communicating that leaves you feeling regarded and fulfilled.
When you can express yourself clearly and spontaneously, rather than stuffing it
and waiting for the "right time" or the "right words," you
will feel more alive—more yourself—and more connected with those around you.
Truthspeaking is the way of your ancestors, of the surviving Native people, and
of all natural life. It is also your natural way, and the experience of this
book will help you regain it.
Previously, we have offered an early version of this book for sale. This edition
is greatly expanded and revised. We think it is a “must read.”
Sacred
Speech: The Way of Truthspeaking
90 pages, Only $15
now!
Forgiveness and Child Abuse:
Would You Forgive?
edited by Lois Einhorn, Foreword by Arun Ghandi, Introduction by Tamarack Song,
53 Contributors including Tamarack Song
During her healing process, Dr. Einhorn shared her horrific story of ritualistic child abuse with a variety of influential people and asked, "What would YOU do? Do you forgive your parents? HOW do you forgive yourself?" Fifty-three people responded, including: Mumia Abu-Jamal, Patch Adams, M.D., Edward Asner, Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, Laura Davis, Thomas F. Eagleton, Albert Ellis, Paul Ferrini, Lynne Finney, Arun Gandhi, Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton, Linda Hogan, Rabbi Steven Jacobs, Bill T. Jones, Mary Elizabeth King,, Robert Muller, Daniel Quinn, Robert C. Scaer, M.D., Pete Seeger, Bernie Siegel, M.D., Gerry Spence, Richard E. Vatz, Kurt Waldheim, Everett L. Worthington, Jr., This is a unique and powerful book destined to encourage discussion, dialogue, and debate; and many of the responses will challenge readers to move from a paradigm of revenge and fear to one of love and forgiveness - regardless of the severity of the atrocities.Author Lois Einhorn, Ph.D., Professor of Communication, was awarded 2004 Heroine of Forgiveness, Reconciliation, and Peace by the World Forgiveness Alliance in response to writing this book. Prior recipients include Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Jr., Nelson Mandela, and Desmond Tutu. Tamarack Song wrote the introduction for this book as well as contributing his own piece on forgiveness.
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Tamarack Song Biography
Tamarack
Song, Owl Clan, has been a student of the Old Way since his youth. He met his
first mentor - a Canadian Metis Woman named She Who Talks With Loons right after
dropping out of college for the third time. In the years following, he traveled
The Mother's Bosom to find and apprentice with Elders who still practiced some
of their traditional ways. He has lived the Native Way in the wilderness for
many turns of the seasons and in the process he has gained - and is still
gaining - the teachings and awareness to prepare him for the role of guide. He
does not call himself a teacher; if anything he feels himself to be a guide to
the Real Teacher.
He is a guide for quests and rites of passage, translator of dreams and other
voices of spirit, performer of legal Native marriage ceremonies, counselor for
lifestyle transition and relationships, and practitioner of a variety of Native
crafts and skills. He does dream and animal guide work, and counsels people
healing from the ravages of life in civilized society. He is also a Native
Lifeway consultant for schools, museums and archaeologists.
Tamarack shares much of what he has learned of the Old Ways through his
writings. He considers many books to be his Elders, because these books contain
much wisdom and information on lifeway skills that would be lost had someone not
recorded it.
Tamarack Song is associated with the Teaching Drum Outdoor School in Wisconsin.
"Where Wilderness is the classroom,
Ancient Voices are the teachers,
knowing
self and Balance are the quest."
Teaching Drum Outdoor School
7124 Military Road
Three Lakes, WI 54562-9333
715-546-2944
balance@teachingdrum.org