“The priceless wisdom of Native America . . . If we are to survive, we must adopt it . . . Return of the Bird Tribes illuminates the path.” —Whitley Strieber, #1 New York Times–bestselling author Exploring the transformative impact of Native American spirituality on contemporary events, this is the third book in Ken Carey’s bestselling Starseed series, which concluded with The Third Millennium, the book Marianne Williamson calls “a kind of millennial Bible.” “A profound and thought-provoking account of many enlightened connections . . . Let’s hope that it will enlighten many and help thousands to plant a tree of love, peace, and understanding.” —Dr. Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, author of On Death and Dying “The poetic, spiritual wisdom of Return of the Bird Tribes resonates deeply in my heart.” —Ram Dass, author of Grist for the Mill “A timely and thoughtful rendering of Native American spiritual teachings whose universal and prophetic input encompass an understanding of our current global crisis and the promise of earth reawakened.” —José Argüelles, author of The Mayan Factor “A book that captures the spirit of my ancestors and makes the reader know that each of us is the marriage of the Sky Nation and the Earth Mother.” —Jamie Sams, author of Sacred Path Cards

The spirits of the Bird Tribes, America's prehistory inhabitants, explain the "Great Day of Purification", the 24-year earth cycle that began last August and must cleanse the planet before the actual dawning of the New Age.

Get a glimpse of our possible human future in what is“perhaps the finest example of intuitive knowledge I have ever encountered” (Jean Houston, author of A Passion for the Possible). This is the pathbreaking first book in the Starseed series that concludes with The Third Millennium—the book that Marianne Williamson calls “a kind of millennial Bible.” A modern classic of intuitive knowledge, The Starseed Transmissions offers a startling new view of human evolution. “An essential part of many New Age libraries.” —Toledo Blade

Now in paperback--"A Thoreau-voiced memoir of a day off spent recharging the author's batteries by his lonesome in the Ozark woods. . . . A model of moss-velvet nature writing, quite possibly a classic" (Kirkus Reviews). Carey is the author of The Starseed Transmissions.

Journalist Cocker is a member of a community of fanatics who watch birds. Now he offers what "The Baltimore Sun" calls "the most graceful, respectful and technically rich book on [this] fascination."

Explores the living spiritual tradition surrounding birds in Native American culture • Pairs scholarly research with more than 200 firsthand accounts of bird signs from traditional Native Americans and their descendants • Examines the legends, wisdom, and powers of the birds known as the gatekeepers of the four directions—Eagle, Hawk, Crow, and Owl • Provides many examples of bird sign interpretations and human-bird communication that can be applied in your own encounters with birds Birds are our strongest allies in the natural world. Revered in Native American spirituality and shamanic traditions around the world, birds are known as teachers, guardians, role models, counselors, healers, clowns, peacemakers, and meteorologists. They carry messages and warnings from loved ones and the spirit world, report deaths and injuries, and channel divine intelligence to answer our questions. Some of their “signs” are so subtle that one could discount them as subjective, but others are dramatic enough to strain even a skeptic’s definition of coincidence. Pairing scholarly research with more than 200 firsthand accounts of bird encounters from traditional Native Americans and their descendants, Evan Pritchard explores the living spiritual tradition surrounding birds in Native American culture. He examines in depth the birds known as the gatekeepers of the four directions--Eagle in the North, Hawk in the East, Crow in the South, and Owl in the West--including their roles in legends and the use of their feathers in shamanic rituals. He reveals how the eagle can be a direct messenger of the Creator, why crows gather in “Crow Councils,” and how shamans have the ability to travel inside of birds, even after death. Expanding his study to the wisdom and gifts of birds beyond the four gatekeepers, such as hummingbirds, seagulls, and the mythical thunderbird, he provides numerous examples of everyday bird sign interpretations that can be applied in your own encounters with birds as well as ways we can help protect birds and encourage them to communicate with us.

With the publication of Two Old Women, Velma Wallis firmly established herself as one of the most important voices in Native American writing. A national bestseller, her empowering fable won the Western State Book Award in 1993 and the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Book Award in 1994. Translated into 16 languages, it went on to international success, quickly reaching bestseller status in Germany. To date, more than 350,000 copies have been sold worldwide. Bird Girl and the Man Who Followed the Sun follows in this bestselling tradition. Rooted in the ancient legends of Alaska's Athabaskan Indians, it tells the stories of two adventurers who decide to leave the safety of their respective tribes. Bird Girl is a headstrong young woman who learned early on the skills of a hunter. When told that she must end her forays and take up the traditional role of wife and mother, she defies her family's expectations and confidently takes off to brave life on her own. Daagoo is a dreamer, curious about the world beyond. Longing to know what happens to the sun in winter, he sets out on a quest to find the legendary "Land of the Sun." Their stories interweave and intersect as they each face the many dangers and challenges of life alone in the wilderness. In the end, both learn that the search for individualism often comes at a high price, but that it is a price well worth paying, for through this quest comes the beginning of true wisdom.

A retelling of the Seneca creation story and prophesies for the future.

This “powerful and chilling” (Publishers Weekly) account of a young girl taken from her native land in South Dakota after the 1890 massacre of Lakota men, women, and children describes the story of Lost Bird and the destruction of life for a Native American orphan being raised as a white child outside of her tribe. When Lost Bird was found alive as an infant under the frozen body of her dead mother following the December 1980 massacre at Wounded Knee, a general from the U.S. Seventh Cavalry made the choice to adopt her. While the general, Leonard W. Colby, who would later become the Assistant Attorney General of the United States, swore to provide Lost Bird with a good life, his true meaning of adopting the Native American infant was to exploit her to bring in prominent tribes to his law firm. After growing up a lonely child with no true meaning of belonging, Lost Bird lived a brief but harsh life filled with sexual abuse, painful marriages, tribe rejection, and prostitution before she died at young age of twenty-nine. In the words of a former social worker that was instrumental in the moving of Lost Bird’s remains from an unmarked grave in California to her homeland at Wounded Knee, Lost Bird of Wounded Knee is a remarkable biography examining the life of woman who became a symbol of the warring culture that entrapped her. Through the story of Lost Bird’s life, Flood sheds light on the heartbreaking microcosm of the Native American children who have lost their heritage through adoption, social injustice, and war.