Living the Lakota Way

Learning from the Land, the Spirits, and Our Ancestors

By: Joseph Marshall III

Narrated by: Joseph Marshall III

An Invitation to Share the Inheritance of Lakota Wisdom
We are all indigenous to the planet Earth—and that is why each of us can benefit from indigenous wisdom. Throughout their history, the Lakota people developed many enduring insights and practices for achieving harmony with all the forces in our life—including the land, the spirits, our community, and ourselves. On Living the Lakota Way, Joseph M. Marshall explores how you can apply the core principles of Lakota wisdom to your own life, no matter who you are or where you come from.

Lessons for Living with Simplicity, Courage, and Purpose
Through his gifts as a storyteller, Joseph Marshall brings Lakota history and lore to life with his words. With each piece of Lakota tradition he shares, Joseph offers a special focus on the aspects that are most valuable and relevant to us today in our own lives. How do we choose the heroes that we honor? Where do we find the strength to make it through challenging times? How do we relate to the earth, to our ancestors, and to the profound mystery of the spirit world? The Lakota tradition, as Joseph Marshall imparts it, can provide us with much-needed guidance for finding answers to the essential questions of our lives.

The Lakota people begin prayers with words that mean “All My Relatives,” addressing the people, animals, elements, and spirits as being all part of a single great family. It is in this spirit of kinship that Joseph M. Marshall offers the greatest treasure of his people—the wisdom of Lakota traditions, philosophy, and stories. Living the Lakota Way is an invitation in friendship to share an inheritance that arose from one people but was meant to enrich us all.

HIGHLIGHTS
• Honoring our ancestors—how knowing the story of where we came from helps us define who we are
• Ceremonies and rituals—Joseph explores the meaning of these important traditions and how they can inform our own spiritual practice
• Who are your heroes? The Lakota perspective on honoring the full story of those we choose to admire
• Prayer and the spirit world—how we relate to the unseen aspects of reality and the mystery of the divine
• Healing—guidance from the Lakota tradition on the role of healers, belief, and community
• The heartbeat of Grandmother Earth—how we can reconnect to the source of all life

Wisdom to Help Mother Earth

This is such wonderful insight for the soul! A journey into the past that can save our earth.

Wonderful and encouraging

I highly recommend this book.
The chapter on healing is full of wisdom. I have listened to the book at least 3 times.

Timeless insights into the world, a wonderful sharing of culture and perspective

wonderful sharing of culture and perspectives that should not be seen as "history" but as the author conveys quite clearly they are important for us now. Well narrated and relevant for our lives.

Thank you.

This book has solidified what I’ve learned, and know to be true in my heart. I came from living on the land and observing.

We all would do well to listen to the last chapter and listen.

great story telling

puts the lakota world right at your focus and awareness. brings the stories to life can almost see what he is telling in the book with his tone