Ngā Arotakenga Pukapuka o te Winter Counts (Weiden)

Puka Arotake
Nō tētahi peka o te iwi Lakota tonu a Weiden, ā, e whakawhirinaki ana tana pukapuka ki ngā rangahau hōhonu mō tōna hītori me ngā tikanga tuku iho. He mea tuhituhi a Winter Counts me te pā ngāwari me te nui o te katakata me ngā pono whakapouri mō te oranga o ngā Iwi Taketake o Amerika.
Sarah Lyall - Arotake Pukapuka a te New York Times


Ka taea e koe te mā roto i te kōpeke Ngā Tatau o te Takurua mō ngā whakahihiri tere, mō te whai wāhi rānei ki te ako mō te ahurea taketake, engari me āta haere kia pārekareka ai ki te ataahua o ngā tuhinga a Weiden.
Washington Post


Ngā Tatau o te Takurua He kiriata whakahihiri kotahi-i-te-whakatupuranga, he kiriata tuatahi e kore e warewaretia e tū ana i roto me te taha o te Rosebud Indian Rahui o South Dakota e kī ana i ngā kiripuaki uaua, ngā pakanga pono me te karere akiaki mō te ahurea Māori, ngā kore taurite me te tika taihara.… He mea whakahihiri.
Los Angeles Times


He mārama, he mārama hoki te whakaputanga… me te tirohanga hou ki ngā ataahua pumau o te pakiwaitara…. Ahakoa e whakapae tika ana ētahi kaipānui ko wai te tangata kino tūturu i mua noa atu i te whakakitenga, he nui ngā mea hei pārekareka mā te haerenga ki te mutunga whakamīharo o te pukapuka…. [He] pānui whakamīharo, he tirohanga mārama hoki ki te tuakiri me te mana i Amerika.
USA teie mahana


(Arotake wheturangitia) [K]orgeous…. Ka takahuri mārie te pukapuka i ngā pakanga whaiaro me te aro atu ki ngā take e pā ana ki ngā mahi tōrangapū o te whenua rāhui. Ka whakakotahi a Weiden i ngā kiripuaki rorirori, uaua, me te kore e warewaretia me ngā tuhinga kaha, rotarota. Koinei te pakiwaitara hara pai rawa atu.
Publishers Weekly


Mā te whakarewatanga o te raupapa a Weiden ka whakamāramahia ngā arai ture me ngā arai pāpori e pā ana ki ngā Iwi Taketake o Amerika, ā, ka tukuna atu hoki he kiriata whakahihiri e anga whakamua ana ki te taumata tiketike. He tāpiritanga pai ki te pukapuka rongonui o ngā tuhinga taketake. —Michael Pucci, South Orange PL, NJ
Kei Te Pukapuka a Te Whare Pukapuka


[He] pukapuka taihara tuatahi e whakamīharo ana, e whakakite ana hoki i te ahurea…. He pukapuka whakahihiri, he pakari, he aroha, he haruru hoki, ko te pukapuka whakahihiri a Weiden, me tana whakamārama i ngā tikanga wairua o Lakota me ngā tumanako i ara ake mō te whanaketanga o Virgil mai i te tangata kino ki te tutei, ka whakarewahia he raupapa whai hua me te whai tikanga.
Rārangi Rārangi


He āhua memeha haere ngā kiripuaki matua, ā, ka pōrearea ngā kōrero i te wā e tīmata ana te mahi… Kei te tino pai a Weiden ki te tuku i te ahurea Māori kia huri noa i te kaupapa ngaro… He pukapuka taihara pakari ahakoa he koretake.
Kirkus Reviews