Gift of Power: The Life and Teachings of a Lakota Medicine Man
Gift of Poweris a classic story of one man's journey through alienation  and struggle to epiphany and redemption. Archie Fire Lame Deer embodies the Native  American struggle for survival in a homeland that has become foreign. In vivid first- person narrative, Lame Deer recalls his tumultuous life in a stereotypical Indian world of  bottles, feathers, and horses.  After enough booze and fighting to kill an average man, he  transcends his self-destructive tendencies by reclaiming the spiritual elements of his  traditional culture. We learn along with Lame Deer the power and secrets of native  medicine and the gifts that they bring to the beholder. This Lakota medicine man is a  teacher and a model.