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Soft cover. Condizione: Near Fine. B/W Photographs (illustratore). Reprint. SUBTITLED : `Encounters with a Cree Healer '. Russell Willier is a Wood Cree medicine man who lives on the Sucker Lake Reserve near Lesser Slave Lake, Alberta. He uses traditional native treatments for disease such as herbal teas and sweat-lodge invocations. He also knows a great deal about curses - both how to place them and to return them. He came to prominence in 1985 when national radio zoned in on his successful cures of skin conditions. These 145 pages (including INDEX) touch on his views on social, medical, ethnological and biological issues. Section of b/w photos after Preface. LEARN more about : roots, Red Cloud, Michiko Young, Flora Cardinal, and medicine bundles. Cond : Paper wrapper is buff in colour with black lettering. No cover graphics. Light bumping along top edge. Spine fine, not faded. Minimal soiling. No names, marks, creases, nor tears. Volume square. Binding tight. Quote (p. 09) : " ._._. in the Woods Cree way of tanning hides and is a skilled hunter, trapper and professional guide.) As trust and friendship developed, Russell gradually began to talk about his involvement with native culture and religion. In 1984 the healer agreed to participate in an experiment involving ._._._. ." Size: 8vo.