Under the rattlesnake : Cherokee health and resiliency / edited by Lisa J. Lefler ; foreword by Susan Leading Fox (Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lefler, Lisa J.

Series:

Contemporary American Indian studies.

Contemporary American Indian studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of North America--Health and hygiene.

Indians of North America.

Cherokee Indians--Medicine.

Cherokee Indians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (184 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

For the Cherokee, health is more than the absence of disease; it includes a fully confident sense of a smooth life, peaceful existence, unhurried pace, and easy flow of time. The natural state of the world is to be neutral, balanced, with a similarly gently flowing pattern. States of imbalance, tension, or agitation are indicative of physical, mental, emotional, or spiritual illness and whether caused intentionally through omission or commission, or by outside actions or influences, the result affects and endangers the collective Cherokee. Taking a true anthro

Contents:

Contents; List of Illustrations; Foreword; Introduction; 1. Tohi: The Cherokee Concept of Well-Being; 2. The Unintended Consequences of Prehistoric Skeletal Studies to Modern Cherokee Communities; 3. Adverse Reactions: Practicing Bioarchaeology among the Cherokee; 4. Historical Trauma, Stress, and Diabetes: A Modern Model among the Eastern Band of Cherokees; 5. The Effect of Traditional Dietary Practices on Contemporary Diseases among the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; 6. The Sacred Feminine in Cherokee Culture: Healing and Identity; References; Contributors; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [125]-156) and index.

ISBN:

0-8173-8158-9

OCLC:

609852643