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Creek Indian Medicine Ways : The Enduring Power of the Mvskoke Religion - David Lewis

Creek Indian Medicine Ways

The Enduring Power of the Mvskoke Religion

By: David Lewis, Ann T. Jordan

Paperback | 1 August 2008

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Called the Mvskoke in their language, the Creek Indians of Oklahoma continue to practice traditional medicine. In Creek Indian Medicine Ways, David Lewis, a full-blood Mvskoke and practicing medicine man, tells about the medicine tradition that has shaped his life. Born into a family of medicine people, he was chosen at birth to carry on the tradition. He shares his memories here about his childhood training and initiation as a medicine man as well as his remembrances about his father and grandmother, who trained him. Lewis reveals part of the sacred story of the origin of plants and he identifies some of the plants he uses in his cures. He also describes several of the ceremonies his teachers taught him, stressing throughout the sacredness and importance of Mvskoke medicine.

Ann T. Jordan, a Euroamerican anthropologist, documents the place of Lewis's medicine family in the written record. Lewis is the great grandson of Jackson Lewis, who was interviewed in 1910 by anthropologist John Swanton. Jackson Lewis is mentioned numerous times in Swanton's classic works on Mvskoke medicine and culture, published by the Bureau of American Ethnology in the 1920s. David Lewis is the direct inheritor of his great grandfather's medicine knowledge.

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Creek Indian Medicine Ways is a carefully researched and nuanced work that makes a vital contribution to the scholarly discourse on Native American culture. - Journal of the West ""Lewis... tells about the medicine tradition that has shaped his life. He reveals memories of his childhood training and initiation, remembrances about his father and grandmother, the sacred story of the origin of plants he uses in his cures, and details about some of the ceremonies. Anthropologist Jordan (University of North Texas) documents the place of Lewis's medicine family in the written record and traces the accounts of Mvskoke religion from the 18th century to the present."" - Book News, Inc.

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Non-FictionHistorySpecific Events & Topics in HistorySocial & Cultural HistoryMedicineMedicine in GeneralHistory of MedicineSociety & CulturePopular Beliefs & Controversial KnowledgeFolklore Studies / Study of Myth (Mythology)Social GroupsEthnic Studies
Indigenous PeoplesReligion & BeliefsOther Non-Christian ReligionsTribal ReligionsMind, Body, SpiritComplementary Therapies, Healing & HealthTraditional Medicine & Herbal RemediesSociology & AnthropologyAnthropology

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