The Sacred White Turkey

Download or read book The Sacred White Turkey written by Frances Washburn and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2010-09-01 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is nothing particularly noteworthy about an Easter turkey. But when the turkey is stark white and appears on Easter Sunday on the doorstep of a Lakota medicine woman and her teenage granddaughter, it is clearly out of the ordinary. Taking turns, Stella and her grandmother, Hazel Latour, tell the story of what follows as the mysterious turkey stirs up discord on the reservation, where some greet it as wakan, holy and sacred because of its coloring and timing, and others dismiss it as inexplicable but unimportant, while a less reputable local healer views it as a clear challenge to his standing.