Price of a Gift A Lakota Healer's Story

Name: Price of a Gift A Lakota Healer's Story
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ISBN: 9780803282827

ISBN-10: 0803282826

ISBN-13: 9780803282827

Edition: 2002

Authors: Gerald Mohatt, Joseph Eagle Elk

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"I had the dream and vision when I was seven. The vision was a gift, and it was for me and for the people. Those dreams kept after me and after me and would not let me go."-Joseph Eagle Elk. Joseph Eagle Elk (1931-91) was an effective and highly respected traditional Lakota healer. He practiced for nearly thirty years, treating serious physical and mental illnesses among the people of the Rosebud Reservation and elsewhere. In 1990 he began collaborating on his memoir with Gerald Mohatt, a close friend and cross-cultural psychologist. Eagle Elk's story of his life, practice, and beliefs provides a uniquely introspective, demystified, and informative look at the career of a traditional Native…

Book details

List price: $18.95
Copyright year: 2002
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 10/1/2002
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 230
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.70" tall
Weight: 0.748



List of Illustrations


Acknowledgments


Pronunciation Guide for Lakota Terms


Introduction



Place and Destiny



Joeiela



Destiny and Life's Purpose



A Family's Destiny



Traveling and Searching



Steps and Missteps



All of My Relatives



A Life Changed



Vision and Choice



Marriage, Family, and Vision



Origins and Gifts before the Pipe



The Fish and the Man



Wisdom



Life and Struggles of a Medicine Man



Further Teachings



Sitting in the Center--a Search for Words


Conclusion


Epilogue: A Difference Made


Notes


Glossary of Lakota Terms


Bibliography


Index