Cherokee Medicine Man
Subtitle: The Life And Work Of A Modern-Day Healer
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: May 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 154
ISBN-13: 9780806136653
Subjects: Traditional medicine & remedies; Religion; Ethnic Cultures - Native Americans; Biography / Autobiography; Biography & Autobiography; People of Color; Biography/Autobiography; North America; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Alternative Medicine; Native Americans; Shamans; Biography; Cherokee Indians; Little Bear, John
First sentence: Them are different stories and theories about where the Cherokees came from originally, but when they were first encountered by Europeans, they were living in approximately 250 autonomous towns scattered over parts of what are now the states of North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Kentucky, Virginia, West Virginia, Alabama, and Georgia.
Description: The author introduces John Little Bear, a Cherokee medicine man, and stories from those who came to him for help, and examines the history, culture, and myths of the Cherokee people.