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Arelhe-kenhe Merrethene : Arrernte traditional healing / compiled by Veronica Perrurle Dobson.

Title
Arelhe-kenhe Merrethene : Arrernte traditional healing / compiled by Veronica Perrurle Dobson.
Publication
Alice Springs, NT : IAD Press, 2007.

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Dobson, Veronica
Description
xix, 89 p. : ill., 1 col. map; 23 cm.
Summary
Respected elder and author Veronica Dobson describes the knowledge she has gathered from her Arrente community about traditional and current bush medicines and spiritual healing practices. Written in Arrente with English translations and featuring full-colour photos throughout.
Alternative Title
Arrernte traditional healing
Subject
  • Medicine, Traditional
  • Materia Medica
  • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
  • Volksmedizin
  • Ethnobotany > Alice Springs Region (N.T.)
  • Healers, Aboriginal Australian > Alice Springs Region (N.T.)
  • Aranda (Australian people) > Medicine > Alice Springs Region (N.T.)
  • Aboriginal Australians > Health and hygiene > Alice Springs Region (N.T.)
  • Australia
  • Northern Territory
  • Aranda
Note
  • Includes index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The olden days -- Spiritual healing -- Causes of sickness -- Treatments and conditions -- Rlkerte lyetenye -- sickness nowadays.
ISBN
  • 9781864650334
  • 1864650338
LCCN
^^2008353105
OCLC
  • 149628268
  • SCSB-10129013
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library