American Indian Medicine Ways: Spiritual Power, Prophets, and Healing masculinity One hundred and forty years

One hundred and forty years before Gerda Lerner established women's history as a specialized field in 1972

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Concerned that human lives and the natural world are too often defined by people who are separated from the land and its inhabitants

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American Indian Medicine Ways: Spiritual Power, Prophets, and Healing masculinity One hundred and forty yearsIndigenous people of wisdom have offered prayers of power, protection, and healing since the dawn of time. From Wovoka, the Ghost Dance prophet, to contemporary healer Kenneth Coosewoon, medicine people have called on the spiritual world to help humans in their relationships with each other and the natural world. Many American Indianspast and presenthave had the ability to use power to access wisdom, knowledge, and spiritual understanding. This