American Indian Medicine Ways: Spiritual Power, Prophets, and Healing

Bauer Jr., author of We Were All Like Migrant Workers Here “The collection’s diversity of subjects, regions, and cultures supports the larger idea of native spirit power in its various forms and uses, and how this larger concept remains relevant today.”—Tash Smith, author of Capture These Indians for the Lord  . “For anyone interested in the spiritual ways of American Indians, this collection provides a compelling introduction to the metaphysical and physical reality of Indian Country from the past to the present.”—Donald L. Fixico, author of Indian Resilience and Rebuilding “Clifford E. Trafzer brings together leading scholars to examine the importance of American Indian medicin

Indigenous people of wisdom have offered prayers of power, protection, and healing since the dawn of time. As the contributors to this volume illustrate, healers are the connective cloth between the ancient past and the present, and their influence is significant for future generations. Moses Richard D. From Wovoka, the Ghost Dance prophet, to contemporary healer Kenneth Coosewoon, medicine people have called on the spiritual world to help humans in their relationships with each other and the natural world. Trafzer. Through discussions of omens, prophecies, war, peace, ceremony, ritual, and cultural items such as masks, pr