Following the sudden death of his 27 year old daughter Felicity, in
Way of Wakan, David Mathieu shares a moving personal understanding
of Lakota (Sioux) beliefs surrounding death. Learned decades
earlier from two Lakota medicine men on the Cheyenne River
reservation in South Dakota, the author reflects on what he
experienced long ago and how the death of Felicity has led to a
deeper understanding of Lakota spirituality. Formerly a professor
of American Indian Studies and teacher of Lakota language, David's
newfound grasp of the Lakota notion of Wakan (mystery) reveals much
that is universal about death and grief. Beginning as a funeral
eulogy, Way of Wakan becomes an elegy, not only about the death of
a beloved young daughter, but on the profound comfort that can be
found in accepting the "not knowing" understanding of death and
afterlife as with the Lakota.
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