Earth Keeper: Reflections on the American Land
Written by N. Scott Momaday
OPL BOOK SUMMARY: N. Scott Momaday’s poignant book Earth Keeper asks: Have we forgotten the wisdom of loving the natural world? We need to remember.
Momaday is a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist who has devoted much of his life to celebrating and preserving Native American culture and traditions. He grew up on Navajo, Apache, and Pueblo reservations in southwestern United States, and is a member of the Kiowa tribe. Momaday shares stories, memories, and reflections about nature and its influence on his people – and how they “belong to the land.” He offers homage to our beautiful planet, but also a warning: that we must protect Earth before it’s too late.
In this deeply moving book, Momaday reminds us how to love, celebrate, and preserve the natural world.
“When we dance, the earth trembles. When our steps fall on the earth, we feel the shudder of life beneath us, and the earth feels the beating of our hearts, and we become one with the earth. We shall not sever ourselves from the earth. We must chant our being, and we must dance in time with the rhythms of the earth. We must keep the earth.”
We reach for our copy of this book frequently to guide us back to our love of nature. May you be an Earth Keeper and dance in time with the rhythms of our planet.
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