The official website of author Kent Nerburn

"One of America's living spiritual teachers"
Spirituality and Practice - Resources for Spiritual Journeys


"One of the few writers who can respectfully bridge the gap between native and non-native cultures"

Harper Collins publishers


Wolf At Twilight



"I grew up away from my people in a spiritually, physically, and emotionally hostile environment. When I read Dan's words and hear his story it helps me feel the presence of my relatives and rediscover my home on this earth."
- Warren Petoskey Minneconjou Lakota/Waganakising Odawa


"Dan's life and words offer a glimpse into the Native world that every American needs to see, but few have the opportunity to experience."
- Franci Taylor, Choctaw/Northern Cheyenne


"After my prison cell began to cool from the day's heat, I opened Kent Nerburn's creative and compassionate book, which I found humorous, hilarious, and at times very sad. Thank you, Kent, for a good book to read. Doksha."
- Leonard Peltier, author, artist, and activist


To Walk the Red Road: Memories
of the Red Lake Ojibwe

Website exclusive
The book that started the journey
to Neither Wolf nor Dog
and The Wolf at Twilight.
ONLY AVAILABLE HERE!


The Soul of an Indian
(and other writings from Ohiyesa)


"A man to whom I would entrust my country or my son."
-Kent Nerburn

Wisdom of the Native Americans




"This book is a masterpiece of American Indian philosophy and spirituality. A gorgeous gift book for yourself or others."
-Amazon.com


"Readers will be challenged intellectually and touched emotionally by these remarks. Teachers will find the arrangement of the book very convenient for reference and startling discussions."
-Library Journal

Chief Joseph and the
Flight of the Nez Perce


"Storytelling with a greatness of heart."
-Louise Erdrich, author(The Beet Queen and Love Medicine)


"A remarkable job of research...a poignant, touching tale."
-Howard Zinn, author(A People's History of the United States.)

Neither Wolf Nor Dog




"I expected to find Black Elk between these covers. What I found instead was more modern, more alive, and every bit as poignant and moving."
-NAPRA Review


"This is one of those rare works that once you've read it, you can never look at the world, or at people, the same way again. It is quiet and forceful and powerful."
-American Indian College Fund

Native American Wisdom



"A beautiful and exciting work."
Louise Erdrich, author(Love Medicine & A Plague of Doves)

A Haunting Reverence:
Meditations on a Northern Land


"This beautiful book will touch not only those who find Spirit in Native American paths, but anyone who has felt the presence of something powerful beyond the known."
--Faust

Letters to My Son


"A beautifully written book. There is wisdom on every page."
-Richard Carlson, author(Don't Sweat the Small Stuff)


"Nerburn...bequeaths a legacy about marriage, fatherhood, infidelity, wanderlust, war, work, aging, and death."
-Publishers Weekly


"Clear and gentle guidance about the big issues in life...Nerburn delivers an eloquent spiritual philosophy to fathers in a way that men can easily hear."
-UTNE Reader

Make Me an Instrument of Your Peace


"This book is a pearl of great price, revealing how the most potent, authentic prayer is also tender and very human. Kent Nerburn...has given us a blessing to be cherished again and again."
-Wayne Muller, author(Legacy of the Heart and How, Then, Shall We Live?)

Simple Truths: Clear and Gentle
Guidance on the Big Issues in Life


"This book is a wonder and a treasure. Read it when life hands you normal and inevitable challenges, and give a copy to everyone who loves you."
-Joy Loverde, author(The Complete Eldercare Planner)


"Seldom does a book come along that speaks to the core issues in life with the clarity and wisdom of Simple Truths."
-Bookpage.com

Small Graces: The Quiet
Gifts of Everyday Life


"Through this poetic and eye-opening collection of brief essays, we are touched by the beauty, the grandeur, and the meaning in ordinary moments and experiences."
-Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat (Spirituality and Practice Magazine)

The Hidden Beauty of Everyday Life


"Nerburn's lyrical prose is a delight to read. He has an artist's eye . . . and a knack for speaking from the heart about little acts of kindness and reverence that others might easily miss."
-Spirituality and Practice Magazine


Calm Surrender


"This is a book to enlarge our souls."
-Harold Kushner, author(When Bad Things Happen to Good People)


"...Kent Nerburn walks me through the ordinary days of a normal life and shows me how to tuck forgiveness into every task, errand, and event... a supremely practical and deeply healing book."
-Hugh Prather, author(Notes To Myself and The Little book of Letting Go)