Cry of the Eagle: Encounters with a Cree Healer

by David E. Young, Lise Swartz, Grant C. Ingram, et al.

Book Overview

After a vision in which he beheld himself as a leader in the revitalization of native medicine and culture, medicine man Russell WIllier began to share his healing practices and world view with three anthropologists. In this volume they describe how WIllier treats chronic, stress-related condition and physiological dysfunctions with herbal remedies, sweat-lodge therapy, religious ceremony, and other techniques. Cry of the Eagle also discusses the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802068200
• ISBN13: 9780802068200
• Release Date: August 1990
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 145 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 8.8"