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The hollow tree : fighting addiction with traditional native healing / Herb Nabigon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nabigon, Herb.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 49.
- McGill-Queen's native and northern series ; 49
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Indians of North America--Canada--Biography.
- Indians of North America.
- Indians of North America--Alcohol use--Canada.
- Alcoholism--Treatment--Canada.
- Alcoholism.
- Indians of North America--Canada--Rites and ceremonies.
- Spiritual healing.
- Nabigon, Herb--Alcohol use.
- Nabigon, Herb.
- Physical Description:
- 1 electronic text (xix, 118 p. : ill.) : digital file.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Before discovering native healing methods, Herb Nabigon could not imagine a life without alcohol. His powerful autobiography, The Hollow Tree, tells the story of his struggle to overcome addiction with the help of the spiritual teachings and brotherly love of his elders. Nabigon had spent much of his life wrestling with self-destructive impulses, feelings of inferiority and resentment, and alcohol abuse when Eddie Bellerose, an Elder, introduced him to the ancient Cree teachings. With the help of healing methods drawn from the Four Sacred Directions, the refuge and revitalization offered by the sweat lodge, and native cultural practices such as the use of the pipe Nabigon was able to find sobriety. The Hollow Tree is one person's testament to the power of indigenous culture to heal. Herb Nabigon's healing journey guided him to a life of kindness, honesty, courage, and humility.
- Contents:
- The early years
- The middle years
- The long road home
- A meeting with the sweetgrass
- The natural cycle of life
- The four sacred directions
- The struggle for spiritual strength
- The sweatlodge
- The struggle for understanding
- The spiritual path.
- Notes:
- Cover art, Brian Waboose; drawings, Leo Yerxa.
- ISBN:
- 9786612866708
- 9780773578807
- 0773578803
- 9781282866706
- 1282866702
- 9780773576254
- 0773576258
- OCLC:
- 923234556
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