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An isolated, high mountain village of indigenous people called the Mokie lose their Shaman. With no Shaman to guide them, the Mokie abandon their old traditional ways. The young Mokie grow up with no spiritual traditions to help them understand their home and hold them there. Their roots loose, they seek new places and begin to cross the Green Mountains and settle into the cities on the other side. The older Mokie mourn the loss of their traditions...
2) Red Leaf
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Red Leaf is a young Native American boy whose grandfather is teaching him the traditions of the sacred path their ancestors walked. First, Red Leaf learns to be a Fire Keeper. Then he goes in the sweat lodge and out on vision quest. The preparations and traditions described in this charming, coming of age story are still practiced today.
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Emerald Hawks, an Appalachian mountain girl, has inherited the Healer's abilities passed down through her mother's generations. Emerald, loves her mountain home, and is, learning the Healer's ways, when her father, uproots their large family and moves, north to find work. Shy and reticent, Bolen and Thursta, Emerald's mother and father, her brothers West and Hank, sisters Lottie and Lucy, and Neil and Flint, a cousin and a nephew, share their tribulations...
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