Straight With the Medicine

By Warren L. D'Azevedo

Book Overview

Twenty years after its initial publication, Heyday is proud to re-release Straight with the Medicine with eleven new chapters that add more depth to the original. The narratives here were collected in... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930588193
• ISBN13: 9780930588199
• Release Date: January 1985
• Publisher: Heyday Books
• Length: 52 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Straight with the Medicine

This is one of the best resources available to readers interested in how Native Americans approach the Native American Church as well as to anyone who wants to get a glimpse into how Indians relate to one another, to spirituality and to white people. The NAC promotes family ties and acting with responsibility and integrity, which is why its members are invariably amongst the most hardworking and successful members of the tribe. This brilliant little book shows the pragmatism, common sense and clear-headedness with which Native peoples approach 'spirituality' and there are many poignant paragraphs about the relationship to the sacred and the thin line between the sacred and the mundane. A rare find, this book. It reads easily, is superbly edited and provides an uncensored overview of NA sttitude towards life. Highly recommended.

A rich collection of personal experiences, of significant value to Native American studies and anthr

Straight With The Medicine: Narratives Of Washoe Followers Of The Tipi Way is a twentieth anniversary edition of the original narratives collected in the 1950's from seven Washoe Tribe members living on the eastern slopes of the Sierra in California and Nevada, with eleven new chapters added with additional detail and narrative. Straight With The Medicine is recorded in the first person by Warren d'Azevedo, professor emeritus of anthropology at the University of Nevada, Reno. The narratives he collected deal with the Washoe Tribe's use of Medicine, or peyote, to follow along the right Path, the Indian Way. They refer to their religion as the Tipi Way. It is a rich source of ceremonial and mundane information. The principles and ideals and practices of the Washoe Tribe are described and referred to in everyday terminology. Though the text is in English, not Washoe, there is reference to the Washoe language and its use and practice. To understand the mystery of ceremonial use of peyote by the Washoe Tribe, Straight With The Medicine is a rich collection of personal experiences, of significant value to Native American studies and anthropology students as well. Straight With The Medicine is a welcome and informative addition to personal, academic, and community library Native American Studies collections.