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Mary Brave Bird

Picking up where the bestselling Lakota Woman, the winner of the 1991 American Book Award, left off, Ohitika Woman continues Mary Brave Bird’s personal story of courage, anguish and triumph. Mingling stories of her ancestors with those of her grandchildren, she talks about the breakdown of her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, raising children when she wasn’t sure where her next dollar would come from, her battle with alcoholism, and, finally, her recent happiness. It is a memoir filled with contrast - between the ancient Sioux religion and christianity, and between the traditional tribal patriarchy and women struggling for a sense of self and freedom. Angry, ironic and passionate, Ohitika Woman is a powerful testament to one woman’s spirit and endurance. Highly recommended. Remainder mark.

292pp, 8x5.5, illus. ... Paperback

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OHITIKA WOMAN Ref: RED205H

Mary Brave Bird

Picking up where Lakota Woman, the winner of the 1991 American Book Award, left off, Ohitika Woman continues Mary Brave Bird's personal story of courage, anguish and triumph. Mingling stories of her ancestors with those of her grandchildren, she talks about the breakdown of her marriage to Leonard Crow Dog, raising children when she wasn't sure where her next dollar would come from, her battle with alcoholism, and, finally, her recent happiness. It is a memoir filled with contrast - between the ancient Sioux religion and christianity, and between the traditional tribal patriarchy and women struggling for a sense of self and freedom. Angry, ironic and passionate, Ohitika Woman is a powerful testament to one woman's spirit and endurance.

292pp, 8½x6, illus. Hardback

Published price £15.99 -- You save £11.00 ... 69%
Price: £4.99

ROAD TO THE SUNDANCE: My Journey into Native Spirituality Ref: RFD123

Manny Twofeathers

A casual account of intensely painful ceremonial rituals that provide pathways to the spiritual world of the Shoshoni and Lakota peoples. The usual picture of religious self-flagellation pales compared with what Twofeathers, a Native spiritual leader and craftsman, undergoes to achieve a higher understanding. Writing in a relaxed conversational prose, Twofeathers describes how, at urgings from the spirit world, he began to immerse himself in the yearly Sundance rituals held throughout the West. At first, his participation in the Shoshoni ritual merely required him to dance nearly continuously under a hot sun for four days, whthout food or water. Graduating to the Lakota ceremony, Twofeathers has his chest pierced with bones to which ropes are affixed, tying Twofeathers to a sacred tree; running backwards at full speed is the painful means of seaparating from the tree. But there's more. Twofeathers also has his back piereced to enable him to drag up to eight buffalo skulls four times around a sacred arbor. As a veteran of these practices, Twofeathers comes to regard himself as a healer (to the amazement of doctors, he dissolves his agonizing gallstones and somewhat alleviates his high blood pressure and diabetic problems through spiritual medicine), a seer, and a counselor, whose services are sought after within the Native American community. Paralleling his account of these rites is the tale of his success as a craftsman of ``medicine wheels'' and ``dream catchers,'' which are eagerly snapped up at craft fairs and New Age gatherings, and the saga of his unhappy family life, which is finally stabilized, thanks in large part to his flesh sacrifices. A modest and likeable narrator, Twofeathers avoids the self- righteous polemics sometimes found in this genre, and while the gorier sections are initially jolting, his aplomb in withstanding pain and coming back for more lends a certain normalcy to this ritual." - Kirkus Reviews

228pp, 8½x5½ ... Paperback

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RUNNING BEAR: Grandson of Red Snake Ref: REA393

George McMullen

Running Bear's story begins at a time when the native American culture, living in harmony with nature, still thrived; it ends after the White Man had largely supplanted it, starting a cycle of devastation we've only recently begun to comprehend. Orphaned in the French and Indian wars, Running Bear is later adopted by the Mohawks. When he comes of age, he journeys back to his Huron village only to find it in ruins. Stripped of his heritage, Running Bear is destined to wander through a landscape increasingly poisoned by the White settlers' conflicts and passions. Speaking through psychic archaeologist George McMullen, we hear Running Bear's vivid account, spoken from spirit, of a grand dispossession.

168pp, 8.5x5.5 ... Paperback

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SACRED LEGACIES: Healing Your Past & Creating a New Era Ref: REA023

Denise Linn

In this inspirational yet down-to-earth book, renowned healer and lecturer Denise Linn draws on her own story, as well as her Native American heritage and other ancient cultures, to guide you through acts of personal power that can reopen the wellspring of ancestral wisdom within you. By finding your roots and honoring your forebears - biological or adoptive, ethnic, cultural, mythological, and spiritual - you take your place as both a descendant and an ancestor. Defining who your ancestors are is a journey of self-discovery. Discovering who you are helps you break free from negative family patterns, embrace the positive, and create your own unique traditions. By fashioning a spiritual legacy through loving acts, you create energy to empower your future descendants. "Bold and visionary methods..." - Deepak Chopra.

214pp, 8x5 ... Paperback

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SHAMANIC NAVIGATION Ref: BX44-BG

John Perkins

Why are growing numbers of people from around the world following John Perkins into remote regions of the Amazon, Siberia, Africa and Central America? They seek to learn the primal skill of shapshifting - developed over centuries by indigenous people - to change their lives and create the world of their dreams. On Shamanic Navigation, listeners join this popular expert on tribal wisdom traditions for six 'journeys' designed to help us develop shapeshifting abilities of our own. Perkins breaks shapeshifitng down into four practical steps and explores the three levels where it is useful in our lives – cellular, personal and institutional. Here is a new way – rooted in our most ancient aspirations – to bring our lives into harmony with the world around us.

2 Cassettes

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SHAMANISM FOR EVERYONE Ref: AA92-BG

Gini Graham Scott

Shows you how to gain shamanistic wisdom safely & easily & use it in your daily life. Her techniques include rituals, seeing into other realities, working with the forces of nature, mental projection, & much more.

SLIGHTLY SHOP SOILED.

212pp ... Paperback

Published price £12.95 -- You save £6.96 ... 54%
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SOUL RETRIEVAL: Mending the Fragmented Self Ref: RWF0345

Sandra Ingerman

With warmth and compassion, Sandra Ingerman describes the dramatic results of combining soul retrieval with contemporary psychological concepts. Drawing on case studies from her ten years of teaching and practice, Ingerman illustrates what psyche or soul damage is and why it is a common yet little understood cause of phycholigical dysfunction. Her pioneering work has enabled thousands of individuals to overcome traumatic dissociation, depression, addictions, memory repression, and other problems through the age-old shamanic technique of soul retrieval. Remainder mark.

240pp, 9.5x6.25 ... ISBN 0062504061 ... Paperback

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SPIRIT CAPTURE NOTECARDS: Photographs from the National Museum of the American Indian Ref: RXD096

These stunning photographs capture the lost way of life Native American peoples from the Piegan, Absaroke, Blood, Sarsi, and Inuit nations, printed on large blank notecards and presented in a black-sided box. Most are from the turn of the century, in formal portraits, hunting parties, and encampments these atmospheric images capture a people living in harmony with the natural world. 20 notecards (4 each of 5 designs) with envelopes.

Boxed Set

List price £12.99
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