Life Stages and Native Women: Memory, Teachings, and Story Medicine

by Kim Anderson

Book Overview

A rare and inspiring guide to the health and well-being of Aboriginal women and their communities. The process of "digging up medicines" - of rediscovering the stories of the past - serves as a powerful healing force in the decolonization and recovery of Aboriginal communities. In Life Stages and Native Women, Kim Anderson shares the teachings of fourteen elders from the Canadian prairies and Ontario to illustrate how different life stages were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0887557260
• ISBN13: 9780887557262
• Release Date: September 2011
• Publisher: University of Manitoba Press
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 8.9"