Books

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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
Devil sickness and devil songs	David L. Kozak	"For the Tohono O'odham (formerly known as the Papago) of southern Arizona, devils are the spirits of deceased O'odham cattlemen and cowboys. The arbiters of wealth and the protectors of horses and c…	OL14868382W
The scalpel and the silver bear	Lori Arviso Alvord	The author, the first Navajo woman surgeon, tells the story of how she was able to cut across cultural, class, and educational borders to become a part of the medical world; and discusses how she cam…	OL15839709W
Smallpox and the American Indian	Arthur Diamond	An account of the series of smallpox epidemics that decimated the native American population in the 1800s.	OL3490218W
North American Indian medicine people	Karen Liptak	Describes the healing techniques used by various American Indian tribes and explains the theories and beliefs behind these practices.	OL3901198W
Navajo medicine bundles or jish	Charlotte Johnson Frisbie	Frisbie examines how jish are assembled, used, and protected, and how they are circulated among Navajos and others such as esoteric art dealers, gallery owners, an museums ... -- from inside cover.	OL3903819W
From the earth to beyond the sky	Evelyn Wolfson	An illustrated account of the traditions and customs of Native American medicine men.	OL4276889W
Âh-âyîtaw isi ê-kî-kiskêyihtahkik maskihkiy =	Alice Ahenakew,John Christoph Cooper	"Born in 1912, Mrs. Alice Ahenakew grew up in a traditional Cree community in north-central Saskatchewan. As a young woman, she married Andrew Ahenakew, a member of the prominent Saskatchewan family,…	OL6009235W