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Main Title Medicine trail : the life and lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon /
Author Zobel, Melissa Tantaquidgeon,
Publisher University of Arizona Press,
Year Published 2000
OCLC Number 43397057
ISBN 0816520682; 9780816520688; 0816520690; 9780816520695
Subjects Mohegan Indians--Biography ; Indian women shamans--Biography ; Mohegan Indians--Medicine ; Delaware Indians--Medicine ; Indians, North American ; Medicine, Traditional ; Shamanism ; United States ; Canada
Additional Subjects Tantaquidgeon, Gladys
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Collation xvi, 177 pages : illustrations, map ; 21 cm
Notes
Includes bibliographical references (page 177).
Contents Notes
"Blending autobiography and history with traditional knowledge and ways of life, Medicine Trail presents a collage of events in Gladys Tantaquidgeon's life. We see her childhood spent learning Mohegan ceremonies and healing methods at the hands of her tribal grandmothers, and her Ivy League education and career in the white-male-dominated field of anthropology. We also witness her travels to other Indian communities, acting as both an ambassador of her own tribe and an employee of the federal government's Bureau of Indian affairs. Finally we see Tantaquidgeon's return to her beloved Mohegan Hill, where she cofounded America's oldest Indian-run museum, carrying on her life's commitment to good medicine and the cultural continuance and renewal of all Indian nations." "Written in the Mohegan oral tradition, this book offers a unique insider's understanding of Mohegan and other Native American cultures while discussing the major policies and trends that have affected people throughout Indian Country in the twentieth century. A significant departure from traditional anthropological "as told to" American Indian autobiography, Medicine Trail represents a major contribution to anthropology, history, theology, women's studies, and Native American studies."--Jacket.