An edition of A Cree healer and his medicine bundle
(2015)
A Cree healer and his medicine bundle
revelations of indigenous wisdom
by David E. Young
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"Details the life and healing practices of medicine man Russell Willier, with extensive photographs and materials on the plants used by Willier in addition to valuable information on the active ingredients in these plants and their uses in alternative therapies"--
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A Cree healer and his medicine bundle: revelations of indigenous wisdom
2015, North Atlantic Books
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Table of Contents
Part I. Russell Willier, Cree healer
Chapter one. Willier's life as a healer
Becoming a medicine man
Approaching a healer
My cosmology
Grandmothers and grandfathers
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
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.
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
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