This is not a new book but it is relevant to both all the planet AND major issues facing indigenous folks around the globe especially as regards matters spiritual, in this case the Nez Perce Native Americans (perhaps known in Australia for the terrific horses they raised, the Appaloosa). Duncan explains: “To reach Alberta, ExxonMobil’s Tar Sands cargo will creep within fifty feet of an ancient basalt formation known to the Nez Perce people as “The Heart of the Monster.”[p. 113] He goes on to tell the details Heart of the Monster Image Courtesy of the Nez Perce National Historic Park of the creation story based on this rock pile heart, in which Coyote tricks a monster that is devouring all the animals on earth by getting himself inhaled so he can reach the beast’s heart and cut it out. Along the journey inside the monster, he gets in fights with other living animals which turn on Coyote rather use their strengths to stop the monster (resulting in Coyote shortening Grizzly’s nose and flattening Rattlesnake’s head.)
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