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The ancient Cherokee tradition of medicine man as healer, counselor, and protector is very much alive in modern-day Oklahoma. In Cherokee Medicine Man, Robert J. Conley introduces John Little Bear, a medicine man who follows the old ways he inherited from his family - medicine as it was carried over the Trail of Tears into Indian Territory.
Conley did not set out to chronicle the life of a medicine man. Instead, the medicine man came to him. Little Bear asked Conley to write down his story, to reveal to the world "what Indian medicine is really about." For Little Bear, the medicine is about helping the people. Visitors from neighboring states and Mexico come to him, each one seeking help for a different kind of problem. A number of Little Bear's patients told astonishing stories to Conley, describing situations they faced, their eventual appeal to Little Bear for help, and the good that resulted. Each story is presented here exactly as it was told.
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About the Author
Robert J. Conley (1940-2014) was the author of the Real People series, The Witch of Goingsnake and Other Stories, and Mountain Windsong. A three-time winner of the Spur Award and Oklahoma Writer of the Year in 1999, Conley was inducted into the Oklahoma Professional Writers Hall of Fame in 1996. He was named Writer of the Year by the Wordcraft Circle of Native Writers & Storytellers in 2000 for Cherokee Dragon.
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Fiction and non-fiction writer Conley introduces Little Bear, a healer in the Cherokee country of northeast Oklahoma, then lets him tell his own story. He also recounts some of the stories about Little Bear he has heard from other people who went to him for help. He does not provide any cures, recipes, or the like, but does include a glossary. Anno
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- PublisherUniversity of Oklahoma Press
- Publication date2005
- ISBN 10 0806136650
- ISBN 13 9780806136653
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages160
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