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Gift of power : the life and teachings of a Lakota medicine man / Archie Fire Lame Deer & Richard Erdoes ; introduced by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextDescription: xvii, 280 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0939680874
  • 9780939680870
  • 1879181126
  • 9781879181120
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • E99.D1 L23 1992
Contents:
The Seed Beneath the Snow -- Corn Creek -- Building a Person -- Shunka Wakan -- Alien Gods -- A Man Called John Fire -- Black Face Paint -- Chief Rattlesnake Catcher -- Hollywood Heyoka -- Lila Itomni -- Interludes -- Mitakuye Oyasin -- The Unexplainable -- Thunder Dreamers -- Song of the Earth -- Crying for a Vision -- The Gift of White Buffalo Woman -- Sacred Stones -- Eagle-Bone Whistles -- Taku Wakan.
Summary: With surprising candor, Archie Fire Lame Deer describes the magic and power of the Native American spirit life. Archie's narrative recaptures his boyhood years under the tutelage of his medicine-man grandfather on a South Dakota farm. We follow him from Catholic school runaway to Army misfit, from bartender to boozer, from Hollywood stuntman to chief rattlesnake catcher of the state of South Dakota. And we exult with him when he comes home to the world of spirit.
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Books (30-Day Checkout) Books (30-Day Checkout) Nash Library General Stacks E99.D1L23 1992 Available 33710001154074

The Seed Beneath the Snow -- Corn Creek -- Building a Person -- Shunka Wakan -- Alien Gods -- A Man Called John Fire -- Black Face Paint -- Chief Rattlesnake Catcher -- Hollywood Heyoka -- Lila Itomni -- Interludes -- Mitakuye Oyasin -- The Unexplainable -- Thunder Dreamers -- Song of the Earth -- Crying for a Vision -- The Gift of White Buffalo Woman -- Sacred Stones -- Eagle-Bone Whistles -- Taku Wakan.

With surprising candor, Archie Fire Lame Deer describes the magic and power of the Native American spirit life. Archie's narrative recaptures his boyhood years under the tutelage of his medicine-man grandfather on a South Dakota farm. We follow him from Catholic school runaway to Army misfit, from bartender to boozer, from Hollywood stuntman to chief rattlesnake catcher of the state of South Dakota. And we exult with him when he comes home to the world of spirit.