Mad Bear
Subtitle: spirit, healing, and the sacred in the life of Native American medicine man
By: Doug Boyd.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 1994
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 366
Subjects: Mad Bear; Tuscarora Indians -- Biography; Shamans -- Biography; Spiritual life
Description: Mad Bear was a member of the Bear Clan of the Tuscarora Nation of the Six-Nation Iroquois Confederacy of the United States and Canada. A Native American rights-activist, he was also a medicine man and a leader with great power and influence both among his own people and cross culturally. In this personal and captivating narrative, Doug Boyd recreates Mad Bear's tales of magic, his healing powers, and Native American legends. Mad Bear creates a rich and colorful portrait of the fascinating life of this vibrant, spiritual man.
Notes: "A Touchstone book."
Includes index.