Oceti Wakan-the sacred fireplace-represents a commitment to cultural and spiritual revitalization in response to events that have devastated the Lakota over the past six generations. Peter Catches Sr. lived on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, and for decades healed and instructed both Indians and non-Indians near his home and off the reservation. The book describes his struggle to embrace Lakota traditions and language, and the Spotted Eagle medicine way. A wonderful historic and personal tribute to the Lakota way of life from the authentic perspective of Spotted Eagle medicine men.