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Walking in the Sacred Manner: Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers--Medicine Women of the Plains
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Walking in the Sacred Manner is an exploration of the myths and culture of the Plains Indians, for whom the everyday and the spiritual are intertwined and women play a strong and important role in the spiritual and religious life of the community.
Based on extensive first-person interviews by an established expert on Plains Indian women, Walking in the Sacred Manner is a singular and authentic record of the participation of women in the sacred traditions of Northern Plains tribes, including Lakota, Cheyenne, Crow, and Assiniboine.
Through interviews with holy women and the families of women healers, Mark St. Pierre and Tilda Long Soldier paint a rich and varied portrait of a society and its traditions. Stereotypical images of the Native American drop away as the voices, dreams, and experiences of these women (both healers and healed) present insight into a culture about which little is known. It is a journey into the past, an exploration of the present, and a view full of hope for the future.
DESCRIPTION:
Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 299.798082
EAN: 9780684802008
ISBN: 0684802007
Label: Touchstone
Manufacturer: Touchstone
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 1995-05-30
Publisher: Touchstone
Studio: Touchstone
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Summary: Walking in the Sacred Manner: Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers--Medicine Women of the Plains (purchased on 08/27/2008)
Comment: Excellent reading - a very comprehensive presentation of Native American concepts of spirituality and all things sacred
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Summary: Walking in the Sacred Manner; Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers--Medicine Women of the Plains
Comment: This is an excellent book. For anyone interested in Native American society, religion, etc... Great book and very well written.
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Summary: Walking in the Sacred Manner by Mark St.Pierre and Tilda Lon
Comment: Walking in the Sacred Manner by Mark St.Pierre and Tilda Long Soldier
I originally picked up this book because I thought it would have information on Native American herbal healing. If I had bothered to read the back of the book, I would have known this was not the case, but hey, I was in the middle of Holliday shopping.
What the book did turn out to be is a collection of Lakota legend and beliefs. It is filled with many first hand accounts of Medicine Women and witnesses who had been present at ceremonies. This is definitely NOT a how-to book. What it is, is a good overall view of the history and culture of the Oceti Sagowin (Lakota, Dakota and Nakota peoples, collectively known as the Sioux by the whites) and other Northern Plains tribes.
I found this to be a well put together narrative of interviews and history. Tilda Long Soldier was raised on Pine Ridge Reservation and grew up with the traditions of her people. Mark StPierre has spent 20 years among the Lakota and is a professor of sociology, anthropology and creative writing. All these things show through in this book. I think this book would make an ideal text for an anthropology or sociology student wanting to learn more of the culture.
There is a lot in this book I have yet to absorb. Aside from insights into the culture the one thing that I came away with is that these women were just that, women. They still lived their lives, raised their family and carried on a normal life. The things that they worked with were sacred, but they were not. They were simply women, doing the job that the spirits had asked of them. I am glad to have had this glimpse into a way of life now almost gone.
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Summary: Walking in the Sacred Manner by Mark St.Pierre and Tilda Lon
Comment: Walking in the Sacred Manner by Mark St.Pierre and Tilda Long Soldier
I originally picked up this book because I thought it would have information on Native American herbal healing. If I had bothered to read the back of the book, I would have known this was not the case, but hey, I was in the middle of Holliday shopping.
What the book did turn out to be is a collection of Lakota legend and beliefs. It is filled with many first hand accounts of Medicine Women and witnesses who had been present at ceremonies. This is definitely not a how to book. What it is, is a good overall view of the history and culture of the Oceti Sagowin (Lakota, Dakota and Nakota peoples, collectively known as the Sioux by the whites) and other Northern Plains tribes.
I found this to be a well put together narrative of interviews and history. Tilda Long Soldier was raised on Pine Ridge Reservation and grew up with the traditions of her people. Mark StPierre has spent 20 years among the Lakota and is a professor of sociology, anthropology and creative writing. All these things show through in this book. I think this book would make an ideal text for an anthropology or sociology student wanting to learn more of the culture.
There is a lot in this book I have yet to absorb. Aside from insights into the culture the one thing that I came away with is that these women were just that, women. They still lived their lives, raised their family and carried on a normal life. The things that they worked with were sacred, but they were not. They were simply women, doing the job that the spirits had asked of them. I am glad to have had this glimpse into a way of life now almost gone.
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Summary: I did not care for this volume.
Comment: This book only contains brief biographies from five winan pejuta (medicine women), but does not teach the spiritual beliefs of these medicine women.
If you want to read about some of the abilities of medicine and holy people this would be a fairly good place to start.
If you want to understand the spiritual beliefs, and possibly work toward becoming a medicine or holy person; look elsewhere.
My Indian, and Shamanism listmania lists can help you in that search for spiritual beliefs of the American Indians.
I encourage questions and comments about reviews; Two Bears
Wah doh Ogedoda (We give thanks Great Spirit)
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