Creek Indian Medicine Ways The Enduring Power of Mvskoke Religion

Name: Creek Indian Medicine Ways The Enduring Power of Mvskoke Religion
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ISBN: 9780826323682

ISBN-10: 0826323685

ISBN-13: 9780826323682

Edition: 2008

Authors: David Lewis, Ann T. Jordan

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Called the Mvskoke in their language, the Creek Indians of Oklahoma continue to practice traditional medicine. In Creek Indian Medicine Ways, David Lewis, a full-blood Mvskoke and practicing medicine man, tells about the medicine tradition that has shaped his life. Born into a family of medicine people, he was chosen at birth to carry on the tradition. He shares his memories here about his childhood training and initiation as a medicine man as well as his remembrances about his father and grandmother, who trained him. Lewis reveals part of the sacred story of the origin of plants and he identifies some of the plants he uses in his cures. He also describes several of the ceremonies his…

Book details

List price: $21.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 8/16/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 216
Size: 6.00" wide x 8.75" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Prologue


Preface


Introduction: The Historical Context



History of the Mvskoke



History of the Lewis Family


The Living Medicine Tradition



Kinds of Medicine People



Selection of Medicine People



Memories of Childhood in a Medicine Family



The Story



Plants



Making Medicine



Ceremonies



The Unseen Powers of Traditional Medicine


Appendices



Mvskoke Medicine and the Written Record



David Lewis's Narrative and the Written Record



Partial Genealogy of the Lewis and Jacobs Families


Glossary and Pronunciation Guide


Notes


Bibliography


Index