Distinguished Native American spiritual practitioners and healers

Summary: An A-to-Z resource providing short biographical essays on 100 Native American spiritual figures, from well known figures such as Sitting Bull and Black Elk, to lesser known spiritual leaders such as Wovoka and Quanah Parker; along with suggestions of print and electronic sources for further reading.

Record details

ISBN: 1573563587
ISBN: 9781573563581
Physical Description: print
x, 293 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm.
Publisher: Westport, Conn. : Oryx Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-280) and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Profiles -- Aiowantha (Hiawatha) -- Akikita -- William Apes -- Aripeka -- Thomas Banyacya -- Big Ike -- Josie Billie -- Black Elk -- Black Hairy Dog -- James Blue Bird -- James Chrysostom Bouchard -- Box Elder -- Brave Buffalo (Tatan' ka ohi' tika) -- Fanny Brown -- Bull Lodge -- Jesse Bushyhead -- Calf Shirt -- Peter Catches -- Nels Charles -- Coocoochee -- George Copway -- Crazy Mule -- Henry Crow Dog II -- Curley Headed Doctor (or Curly-Headed Doctor) -- Daveko -- Deganawida -- Philip Joseph Deloria -- Vine Victor Deloria, Sr. -- Vine Deloria, Jr. -- Charles Alexander Eastman -- Enmegahbowh -- Fanny Flounder -- Frank Fools Crow -- Stephen Foreman -- Josiah Francis -- Goyathlay (Geronimo) -- Handsome Lake (Skanyadariyoh) -- Albert Hensley -- Emily Hill -- Hola Tso -- Jake Hunt -- Kah-ke-wa-quo-na-by ("Sacred Feathers") (Peter Jones) -- Kee-Kah-Wah-Un-Ga (Reuben A. Snake, Jr.) -- Kenekuk -- Keseruk -- Kicking Bear -- John King -- Susan La Flesche Picotte -- John (Fire) Lame Deer -- Low Horn -- Mamanti -- Mabel McKay -- Ruby Modesto -- Mon'Hin Thin Ge -- Mountain Wolf Woman -- Nakaidoklini -- Neolin (Delaware Prophet) ("The Enlightened One") -- Ne-sha-pa-na-cumin (Charles Journeycake) -- Samson Occum -- Molly Ockett -- Pagits -- Quanah Parker -- Essie Parrish -- Passaconaway -- Piapot -- Pope (Popay) -- Porcupine -- Pretty-Shield -- Rolling Thunder -- Juan de Jesus Romero (Deer Bird) -- Sanapia -- Shoniagizik -- Short Bull -- Sitting Bull (Hana cha-thi ak) -- Skolaskin (or Kolaskin).