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The world we used to live in : remembering the powers of the medicine men /

"In his final work, the Native American scholar Vine Deloria Jr. takes us into the realm of the spiritual and reveals through eyewitness accounts the immense power of medicine men. The World We Used to Live In, a collection of anecdotes from tribes across the country, explores everything from h...

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Main Author: Deloria, Vine.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Golden, Colo. : Fulcrum Pub., ©2006.
Subjects and Genres:
Shamans > North America.
Indians of North America > Medicine.
Indians of North America > Religion.
Indians of North America > Rites and ceremonies.
Shamanism.
Faith Healing.
Indians, North American.
Shamans.
Amérindien (peuple) > chaman > Etats-Unis.
North America.
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Table of Contents:
  • The approach of the sacred
  • Powers conferred on the medicine men
  • Continuing communications
  • Interspecies relations
  • The land and the cosmos
  • Sacred stones and places
  • Unusual exploits of medicine men.

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