This is the first bestiary ever issued from Native Americans showing
the helping and healing roles animals have played in their spiritual
history. These are not animal stories, nor mere tales to delight and
provoke interest. They are the rites and rituals of a variety of tribes
depicting a world unified by the belief that the animal spirit dwells
within each of us. With the power given by animals humankind
transcends the earthly realm and enters into a unique oneness
with a thousand-and-one things seen and not seen by the senses.