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Two Toms : lessons from a Shoshone doctor / Thomas H. Johnson and Helen S. Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Thomas Hoevet, 1943-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Wesaw, Tom, 1886-1973.
- Wesaw, Tom.
- Johnson, Thomas Hoevet, 1943-.
- Johnson, Thomas Hoevet.
- Shoshoni Indians--Biography.
- Shoshoni Indians.
- Indian physicians--Biography.
- Indian physicians.
- Indian religious leaders--Biography.
- Indian religious leaders.
- Anthropologists--Wyoming--Biography.
- Anthropologists.
- Shoshoni Indians--Social life and customs.
- Intercultural communication--Wyoming--Case studies.
- Intercultural communication.
- Friendship--Wyoming--Case studies.
- Friendship.
- Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.)--Biography.
- Wind River Indian Reservation (Wyo.).
- Physical Description:
- xi, 90 p.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1969, Tom Wesaw was an 83-year-old Shoshone doctor and religious leader on the Wind River Reservation in Wyoming.He could no longer drive, which posed problems in making house calls.The arrival of young anthropologist Tom Johnson changed that.Johnson would drive Wesaw, and cook, pump water, and build fires for sweat lodges.
- Contents:
- The pink phone
- Hat and shoes
- Peyote
- Another way
- Tom the listener
- A visit with Bill Shakespeare
- Politics
- The sweat solution
- What I learned from Tom
- Glossary.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-60781-986-4
- OCLC:
- 781635698
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