{"product_id":"a-cree-healer-and-his-david-young-9781583949030","title":"A Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle: Revelations of Indigenous Wisdom--Healing Plants, Practices, and Stories","description":"With the rise of urban living and the digital age, many North American healers are recognizing that traditional medicinal knowledge must be recorded before being lost with its elders. \u003ci\u003eA Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle\u003c\/i\u003e is a historic document, including nearly 200 color photos and maps, in that it is the first in which a native healer has agreed to open his medicine bundle to share in writing his repertoire of herbal medicines and where they are found. Providing information on and photos of medicinal plants and where to harvest them, anthropologist David E. Young and botanist Robert D. Rogers chronicle the life, beliefs, and healing practices of Medicine Man Russell Willier in his native Alberta, Canada. Despite being criticized for sharing his knowledge, Willier later found support in other healers as they began to realize the danger that much of their traditional practices could die out with them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Young and Rogers, Willier offers his practices here for future generations. At once a study and a guide, \u003ci\u003eA Cree Healer and His Medicine Bundle\u003c\/i\u003e touches on how indigenous healing practices can be used to complement mainstream medicine, improve the treatment of chronic diseases, and lower the cost of healthcare. The authors discuss how mining, agriculture, and forestry are threatening the continued existence of valuable wild medicinal plants and the role of alternative healers in a modern health care system. Sure to be of interest to ethnobotanists, medicine hunters, naturopaths, complementary and alternative health practitioners, ethnologists, anthropologists, and academics, this book will also find an audience with those interested in indigenous cultures and traditions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Young, Robert Rogers, Russell Willier\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1583949038\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781583949030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e North Atlantic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/09\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d","brand":"David Young","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979251122431,"sku":"9781583949030","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1fec15c5-3486-4cdc-ba50-edda23ff57db.jpg?v=1683244603","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-cree-healer-and-his-david-young-9781583949030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}