A Cree healer and his medicine bundle : revelations of indigenous wisdom : healing plants, practices, and stories
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- ISBN: 9781583949030 (pbk.)
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Physical Description:
xiii, 223 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 23 cm
print - Publisher: Berkeley, California : North Atlantic Books, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015
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Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Part I. Russell Willier, Cree healer. Chapter one : Willier's life as a healer. Becoming a medicine man ; Approaching a healer ; My cosmology ; Native medicine ; Collecting plants ; Common problems treated ; Survival of Native medicine ; Working with non-Native doctors ; The future -- Chapter two : Ecological issues important to Willier. Clearcut ; Fish ; Ducks ; Moose and deer ; Plants ; Fires -- Chapter three : My favourite healing stories. Near death experiences of patients ; Predicaments in which healers can find themselves -- Part II. Russell Willier's medicine bundle. Chapter four : Field trip, summer 2011 -- Chapter five : Plants used by Russell Willier -- Part III. The efficacy of Native medicine. Teenagers treated at the reserve ; Personal experience ; The mouse woman of Gabriola ; Deborah Gray ; How do we explain such results? -- Conclusion -- Appendix A: Maps of areas where Willier collects his herbs -- Appendix B: Common English names for the plants used by Willier -- Appendix C: Cree names for the plants used by Willier -- Appendix D: English names used by willier for the plants he uses. |
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Holdable? | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Cranbrook Campus | E 99 .C88 Y68 2015 (Text) | 31111000126159 | CRANBROOK | Volume hold | Available | - |