The Price of a Gift
Subtitle: A Lakota Healer's Story
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: May 1, 2000
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 230
ISBN-13: 9780803232044
Subjects: Alternative belief systems; Biography: general; Faith healing & religious therapy; Indigenous peoples; Shamanism; 20th century; Ethnic Issues; Native American Sociology; Social life and customs; Social Science; Rosebud Indian Reservation; Multicultural Nonfiction; Sociology; USA; Ethnic Studies - Native American Studies; Social Science / Native American Studies; 1931-1991; South Dakota; Biography; Dakota Indians; Eagle Elk, Joseph,; Shamans
Description: "Eagle Elk's story of his life, practice, and beliefs provides a look at the career of a traditional Native American healer. We learn how a persistent vision and recurring visits by thunder spirits led Eagle Elk long ago to become a healer. On a more general level, we gain valuable insights into how Lakota healers practice today. Eagle Elk's story and teachings also demonstrate the importance of community support and consensus in the development of traditional healers.

Gerald Mohatt's perspective as a cross-cultural psychologist enables him to highlight the psychological dimensions and efficacy of Eagle Elk's healings and place them within a cross-cultural context."--BOOK JACKET.