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Kent Nerburn tries to find the spiritual in everything. An award-winning writer and spiritual teacher, he tells the stories of Native Americans so they speak, he says, \u201cfrom honest emotions.\u201d His job \u201cis to present a truth that you will embrace more fully if your believe it as you read it…Their world and their way of seeing have enriched my world and my way of seeing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“My goal is to be present,\u201d says this writer and spiritual teacher, to the \u201cemotional reality\u201d of Native Americans and \u201cput it in the voices and characters of real people. 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