A memoir you won’t soon forget. Robert Staffanson has led an exemplary life. At 93 he is sharing his unique journey of starting out as a real cowboy in Montana, then he was moved by music to start the Billings Symphony. He then moved to Massachusetts to serve as conductor of the Springfield Symphony. Returning home, Staffanson went on to co-found the American Indian Institute and become a renowned advocate for Native Americans and indigenous people around the world. Exquisitely designed with over 50 of the author’s photographs; a foreword by Oren Lyons–Faithkeeper of the Turtle Clan of the Onondaga Nation and a Chief of the Onondaga Nation Council of Chiefs of the Six Nations of the Iroquois Confederacy–Staffanson’s co-founder of the Traditional Circle of Elders and Youth; and an introduction by Todd Wilkinson, co-author with Ted Turner of Last Stand, Ted Turner’s Quest to Save a Troubled Planet. From the introduction by Todd Witness to Spirit is not a mere memoir. It is an important, unforgettable book full of wisdom that, once read, will leave you changed in the way you think about America. It is a reminder for us all of the spiritual transformation that can only happen when we have the courage and moral conviction to open our minds, ears, and hearts.