Brian Wright-McLeod Boeken

This comprehensive reference explores the rich and diverse world of Native American music, highlighting the contributions of hundreds of artists over more than a century. It includes nearly 1,800 entries, covering traditional performers to contemporary musicians across various genres like jazz, reggae, and rap. The book also features lesser-known Native roots of famous artists and encompasses spoken-word recordings, enhancing its breadth. Compiled by a seasoned radio producer, it serves as both an essential guide for collectors and a gateway to understanding the authentic sounds of North America.

At the request of tribal elders in a southern community, Billy and his Native Movement chapter are called in to assist community members caught in the middle of a manufactured land struggle. The Native Movement, a political and spiritual group, spread far and wide across North America is active on both sides of the Canadian and United States border. Narrated by the wolf, the past is explained as current events unfold around the main characters who find themselves immersed in a bloody range war created by a corrupt band council chief and corporate/government interests. Throughout his journey Billy finds his own physical and spiritual place in the grand scheme of things. Treachery and beauty line the road to enlightenment.

This attractively illustrated retelling of the book of Joel will teach young readers about the major lessons found in this minor prophet An army of locusts has eaten all the crops in Israel, and a drought has dried up their streams - what are they going to do? God had warned Israel long ago that this would happen if they did not listen to Him. Joel cried out to God, and God told him about "the day of the Lord", when God will come with his angelic army to set things right. He will judge the wicked but forgive everyone who is truly sorry and turns to Him. This minor prophet offers major lessons, teaching readers about repentance and renewal, two aspects of the Christian life as essential today as when Joel first wrote.