This book represents a circle, moving geophysically and mythologically from salt water - the cosmic and microcosmic elemental birthplace - to desert sand, the reposing place of earth matter, or materiality. The visions that make up this volume are taken from experiences, past and present, of Native American storytellers. The speakers come from many tribes: Pascagoula, Arawak, Iroquois, Arapaho, Kiowa, Rio Grande Pueblo, Kwakiutl, Cherokee and Navajo. Gerald Hausman has created this poetic and visionary anthology from years of dedicated research and dialogue with Native American people.