Big medicine from six nations / Ted Williams ; edited and with an afterword by Debra Roberts ; foreword by Christopher Vecsey.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Williams, Ted C. (Ted Curtis), 1930-2005, author.

Contributor:

Roberts, Debra, writer of afterword.

Vecsey, Christopher, writer of foreword.

Series:

Iroquois and their neighbors.

The Iroquois and Their Neighbors

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Tuscarora Indians--Medicine.

Tuscarora Indians.

Tuscarora Indians--Religion.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 343 p. :) ill. ;

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Syracuse, New York : Syracuse University Press, 2007.

Summary:

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, Williams writes with an irreverence, irony, and good humor unmistakably his own.Colored by Ted's wry and irreverent wit, Big Medicine from Six Nations amply fulfills the promise of its title. It offers a fascinating view, not only of herbal medicine, but of prayers, omens, feasts, vision quests, sweat lodges, spirits, humor, 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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780815654230

0815654235

OCLC:

1013522618