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  • A Culture's Catalyst

    Historical Encounters with Peyote and the Native American Church in Canada

    by Fannie Kahan ...
    In 1956, pioneering psychedelic researchers Abram Hoffer and Humphry Osmond were invited to join members of the Red Pheasant First Nation near North Battleford, Saskatchewan, to participate in a peyote ceremony hosted by the Native American Church of Canada.Inspired by their experience, they wrote a series of essays explaining and defending the consumption of peyote and the practice of peyotism. ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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    by Thomas Powers ...
    He was the greatest Indian warrior of the nineteenth century. His victory over General Custer at the battle of Little Bighorn in 1876 was the worst defeat inflicted on the frontier Army. And the death of Crazy Horse in federal custody has remained a controversy for more than a century.The Killing of Crazy Horse pieces together the many sources of fear and misunderstanding that resulted in an ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

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  • Warrior Woman

    The Exceptional Life Story of Nonhelema, Shawnee Indian Woman Chief

    by Dark Rain Thom, James Alexander Thom ...
    A bestselling master of historical fiction, James Alexander Thom has brought unforgettable Native American figures to life for millions of readers, powerfully dramatizing their fortitude, fearsomeness, and profound fates. Now he and his wife, Dark Rain, have created a magnificent portrait of an astonishing woman–one who led her people in war when she could not persuade them to make peace.Her name ... Read more

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  • The Sacred Pipe: Black Elk's Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux

    Black Elk’s Account of the Seven Rites of the Oglala Sioux

    by Joseph Epes Brown ...
    Series series The Civilization of the American Indian Series
    Black Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice. Shortly before his death in August, 1950, when he was the "keeper of the sacred pipe," he said, "It is my prayer that, through our sacred pipe, and through this book in which I shall explain what our pipe really is, peace may come to those peoples who can ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • Smallpox, Syphilis and Salvation: Medical breakthroughs that changed the world

    by Sheryl Persson ...
    SMALLPOX, SYPHILIS AND SALVATION is a highly accessible, engaging look at modern medicine. Since ancient times, mankind has searched for ways to defeat disease. It has only been in the last 200 years that scientists have made major inroads in medical science, and as a result, many, many lives have been, and continue to be, saved. From intense rivalries and vanity to bitter jealousies and ... Read more

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  • Buffalo Woman Comes Singing

    by Brooke Medicine Eagle ...
    "This vibrant book of wonders speaks true and dreams deep. Writng with blazing honesty she tells of her hard-won knowledge of many of the world's spiritual and healing traditions, while hold the Sacred Hoop of Natie Amreicanwisdom. This magnificent teacher becomes for us a new embodiment of White Buffalo Woman."Jean HoustonAuthor of THE SEARCH FOR THE BELOVEDBUFFALO WOMAN COMES SINGING explores ... Read more

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  • Rekindling the Sacred Fire

    Métis Ancestry and Anishinaabe Spirituality

    by Chantal Fiola ...
    Why don’t more Métis people go to traditional ceremonies? How does going to ceremonies impact Métis identity?In Rekindling the Sacred Fire, Chantal Fiola investigates the relationship between Red River Métis ancestry, Anishinaabe spirituality, and identity, bringing into focus the ongoing historical impacts of colonization upon Métis relationships with spirituality on the Canadian prairies. Using ... Read more

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  • Multiple Sclerosis

    The History of a Disease

    by T. Jock Murray, MD ...
    Multiple Sclerosis: The History of a Disease won a 2005 ForeWord Book of the Year Silver Medal!The basic facts about multiple sclerosis are well known: it is the most common neurologic disease of young adults, usually beginning with episodic attacks of neurologic symptoms, then entering a progressive phase some years later. Its onset has an average age of 30, and occurs in about 1 in 500 ... Read more

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  • Ifá Divination, Knowledge, Power, and Performance

    by Jacob K. Olupona, Rowland O. Abiodun, Adélékè Adéèkó, Akintunde Akinyemi, Andrew Apter, Barry Hallen, Bolaji Campbell, Henry John Drewal, Ifaboyede McElwaine Abimbola0, Akinwumi Isola1, John Mason2, Joseph M. Murray3, Kamari M. Clarke4, Laura S. Grillo5, Mei-Mei Sanford6, Olúfémi Táíwò7, J.A. Opefeyitimi8, Olasope O. Oyelaran9, Philip M. Peek0, Stefania Capone1, Wyatt MacGaffey2, Ysamur M. Flores-Peña3 ...
    This landmark volume compiled by Jacob K. Olupona and Rowland O. Abiodun brings readers into the diverse world of Ifá—its discourse, ways of thinking, and artistic expression as manifested throughout the Afro-Atlantic. Firmly rooting Ifá within African religious traditions, the essays consider Ifá and Ifá divination from the perspectives of philosophy, performance studies, and cultural studies. ... Read more

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  • Junípero Serra

    California, Indians, and the Transformation of a Missionary

    by Rose Marie Beebe, Robert M. Senkewicz ...
    Series series Before Gold: California under Spain and Mexico Series
    Franciscan missionary friar Junípero Serra (1713–1784), one of the most widely known and influential inhabitants of early California, embodied many of the ideas and practices that animated the Spanish presence in the Americas. In this definitive biography, translators and historians Rose Marie Beebe and Robert M. Senkewicz bring this complex figure to life and illuminate the Spanish period of ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • Healers on the Mountain

    and Other Myths of Native American Medicine

    by Teresa Pijoan PhD ...
    A unique characteristic of Native American medicine is the belief that each patient holds a different spirit, and that the healing can only work when it affects the individual spirit. Mythology is essential to this healing process. The belief stories within these pages reflect a culture that holds both poignant and alarming lessons. Readers of this book will discover the intriguing past and ... Read more

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  • Finding Kluskap

    A Journey into Mi'kmaw Myth

    by Jennifer Reid ...
    Series series Signifying (on) Scriptures
    The Mi’kmaq of eastern Canada were among the first indigenous North Americans to encounter colonial Europeans. As early as the mid-sixteenth century, they were trading with French fishers, and by the mid-seventeenth century, large numbers of Mi’kmaq had converted to Catholicism. Mi’kmaw Catholicism is perhaps best exemplified by the community’s regard for the figure of Saint Anne, the grandmother ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD