Big medicine from six nations

Author(s)

• Williams, Ted C.
• Roberts, Debra

Bibliographic Information

Big medicine from six nations

Ted Williams ; edited and with an afterword by Debra Roberts ; foreword by Christopher Vecsey

（The Iroquois and their neighbors）

Syracuse University Press, 2007

• : hc

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Big Medicine from Six Nations is a series of reminiscences and essays by the late Ted Williams on the themes of ""medicine"" (physical/spiritual/psychic healing). Williams intertwines the lore and lifeways of his Tuscarora upbringing, illustrating the dynamic encounter of tradition and innovation at the heart of contemporary Haudenosaunee culture. At the same time, he writes with an irreverence, irony, and good humor unmistakably his own. Colored by his wry wit, ""Big Medicine from Six Nations"" amply fulfills the promise of its title. It offers a fascinating view not only of herbal medicine but also of prayers, omens, feasts, vision quests, sweat lodges, spirits, and the sacred teachings of the Great Law of the Great Peace. But readers will find that there is more to this book about the ""spiritual mechanics"" of humankind writ large.

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Details

• NCID: BA85735789
• ISBN:
  • 9780815608639
• LCCN: 2007001112
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Syracuse, N.Y.
• Pages/Volumes: xix, 343 p.
• Size: 24 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : E99.T9
  • DC22 : 299.7/855092
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Tuscarora Indians -- Medicine
  • LCSH : Tuscarora Indians -- Religion
  • LCSH : Tuscarora Indians -- Rites and ceremonies
  • LCSH : Traditional medicine -- East (U.S.)
  • LCSH : Shamanism -- East (U.S.)
  • LCSH : Healing -- East (U.S.)
  • LCSH : Six Nations -- History
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA13513227