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Cherokee medicine man : the life and work of a modern-day healer / Robert J. Conley.
- Title
- Cherokee medicine man : the life and work of a modern-day healer / Robert J. Conley.
- Author
- Conley, Robert J.
- Publication
- Norman [Okla.] : University of Oklahoma Press, c2005.
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- Description
- vi, 154 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- The author introduces John Little Bear, a Cherokee medicine man, and stories from those who came to him for help, and examines the history, culture, and myths of the Cherokee people.
- Alternative Title
- Life and work of a modern-day healer
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biographies
- Biography
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- A brief history of the Cherokees and the origins of medicine -- Interview with Little Bear -- A very brief life story -- The beginnings of this book -- Sally's story -- Alex -- Frank's story -- George's story -- Martha Jane -- Sonny's story -- Henry's story -- The sweat -- Going to water -- dreams -- Maggie's story -- Mark's story -- Rainmaker's story -- Coby's story -- James's story -- Laura's story -- Indian medicine and Christianity -- The little people -- Corrine's story -- Emiliano's story -- Jeff's story -- Chris's journey -- James again -- Miscellaneous tales and anecdotes -- A typical Saturday afternoon -- The stomp dance -- Spirit war -- Yet another one -- A hunting story -- Dealing with the legal system -- A night-goer -- Three topics -- Dillard -- It's not all medicine -- Shape-shifting -- The baboon -- Jim and Steve.
- ISBN
- 0806136650 (alk. paper)
- LCCN
- ^^2004058036
- OCLC
- 56198733
- SCSB-12023658
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library