Too much woo. Rather than a work simply expounding upon the oral history and spiritual beliefs of the indigenous people of North America, I found Ross to be obsessed with aliens, UFOs, Atlantis, psychics and other such paranormal pseudo-scientific nonsense. He invokes Edgar Cayce and Erich von Däniken along with other such discredited researchers, and he contorts genuine scientific theories of Einstein and others beyond recognition, ascribing unintended (and, frankly, unimaginable) meanings as he strives to interpret native origin stories, spiritual beliefs, and cultural similarities with other peoples. He goes to fantastical lengths to provide evidence for some of the most outlandish origin stories without giving any serious consideration whatsoever to the Beringia migration theory of settlement, dismissing it out-of-hand. ( )

Winner of the 1992 "Top 50" Recognition Award at the Frankfort International Bookfair, Mitakuye Oyasin is an American Indian "Roots" story. It compares the myths and legends of the American Indian with the world's major philosophies and religions.

[read 2003-15 yr ago, I didn't leave comments so might not have been impressed]