The theme for 2007 National American Indian and Alaska Native
Heritage Month is A Native Prescription: Balancing Mind, Body
& Spirit. In honor of this month and theme, we have
compiled a bibliography featuring books, journal articles and other information
resources on Native American healing and traditional medicine.
Allen, Paula Gunn. Grandmothers of
the light: a medicine woman's sourcebook, Boston: Beacon Press,
1991. E98.W8 A439
Atwood, Mary Dean. Spirit healing:
native American magic & medicine, New York: Sterling Pub.
Co., 1991. Available through Interlibrary
Loan.
Barnes, Linda L. & Sered, Susan Starr.
Religion and healing in America, New York: Oxford University
Press, 2005. BL65.M4 R436
Buhner, Stephen Harrod. Sacred plant
medicine: the wisdom in Native American herbalism, Rochester,
VT.: Bear & Co., 2006. Available through
Interlibrary Loan.
Carson, David. Crossing into medicine
country: a journey in Native American healing, New York: Arcade
Pub.: Distributed by AOL Time Warner Book Group, 2005. Available
through Interlibrary
Loan.
Davies, Wade. Healing ways: Navajo
health care in the twentieth century, Albuquerque: University
of New Mexico Press, 2001. Available through
Interlibrary Loan.
Densmore, Frances. How Indians use
wild plants for food, medicine, and crafts, New York: Dover,
1974. Available through Interlibrary
Loan.
Densmore, Frances. Menominee music,
Washington, U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1932. E51 .U6 v.102
Faris, James C. The nightway: a history
and a history of documentation of a Navajo ceremonial, Albuquerque:
University of New Mexico Press, c1990. E99.N3 F38
Grim, John. The shaman: patterns of
Siberian and Ojibway healing, Norman: University of Oklahoma
Press, c1983. BL2370.S5
G75 1983eb
Grinnell, George Bird. Blackfoot lodge
tales: the story of a prairie people, Lincoln, University of
Nebraska Press, 1962. E99.S54 G83
Hand, Wayland Debs. American folk
medicine: a symposium, Berkeley: University of California Press,
c1976. GR880 .U2
Hultkrantz, Åke. Shamanic healing
and ritual drama: health and medicine in native North American religious
traditions, New York: Crossroad, 1992. Available
through Interlibrary
Loan.
Hutchens, Alma R. Indian herbalogy
of North America, Boston: Distributed in the United States
by Random House, 1991, 1969. Available through
Interlibrary Loan.
Kavasch, E. Barrie & Baar, Karen.
American Indian healing arts: herbs, rituals, and remedies for every
season of life, New York: Bantam Books, 1999. Available
at Dekalb County Public Library
and through Interlibrary
Loan.
Kelm, Mary-Ellen. Colonizing bodies:
aboriginal health and healing in British Columbia, 1900-1950, Vancouver:
UBC Press, 1998. E78.B9
K45 1998eb
Kilpatrick, Jack Frederick & Kilpatrick,
Anna Gritts. Notebook of a Cherokee shaman, Washington,
D.C: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1970. GN1 .S54 no.6
Kirkland, James. Herbal and magical
medicine: traditional healing today, Durham: Duke University
Press, 1992. Available at Dekalb
County Public Library and through Interlibrary
Loan.
Kunitz, Stephen J. Disease change
and the role of medicine: the Navajo experience, Berkeley:
University of California Press, c1983. RA448.5.I5 K85
Landes, Ruth. Ojibwa religion and
the Midéwiwin, Madison: University of Wisconsin Press,
1968. E99.C6 L28
Lyon, William S. Encyclopedia of Native
American shamanism: sacred ceremonies of North America, Santa
Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, c1998. Ref. E98.M4 L98
Mooney, James. The Swimmer manuscript,
Cherokee sacred formulas and medicinal prescriptions, Washington,
D.C.: U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1932. E51 .U6 v.99
Null, Gary. Secrets of the sacred
white buffalo: Native American healing remedies, rites & rituals,
Paramus, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1998. Available
through Interlibrary
Loan.
Perrone, Bobette, Stockel, H. Henrietta, &
Krueger, Victoria. Medicine women, curanderas, and women doctors,
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1989. Available at Dekalb
County Public Library and through Interlibrary
Loan.
Rhoades, Everett R. American Indian
health: innovations in health care, promotion, and policy,
Baltimore; London: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2000. RA448.5.I5
A597 2000eb
Ruby, Robert H. & Brown, John Arthur.
Indians of the Pacific Northwest: a history, Norman:
University of Oklahoma Press, c1981. E78.N77 R8
Sandefur, Gary D., Rindfuss, Ronald R. &
Cohen, Barney. Changing numbers, changing needs: American Indian
demography and public health, Washington, D.C.: National Academy
Press, 1996. E98.P76
C53 1996eb
Savinelli, Alfred. Plants of power:
Native American ceremony and the use of sacred plants,
Summertown, TN.: Native Voices, 2002. Available through
Interlibrary Loan.
Tedlock, Dennis & Tedlock, Barbara. Teachings
from the American earth: Indian religion and philosophy, New
York: Liveright, 1975. E98.R3 T42
Trafzer, Clifford E. & Weiner, Diane.
Medicine ways: disease, health, and survival among Native Americans,
Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira Press, c2001. E98.M4 M43
Vernon, Irene S. Killing us quietly:
Native Americans and HIV/AIDS, Lincoln: University of Nebraska
Press, c2001. RA448.5.I5
V47 2001eb
Vogel, Virgil J. American Indian medicine,
Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 1970.
E98.M4 V6
Wolfson, Evelyn. From the earth to
beyond the sky: Native American medicine, Boston: Houghton
Mifflin, 1993. Available at Dekalb
County Public Library and through Interlibrary
Loan.
Wyman, Leland Clifton & Kluckhohn, Clyde.
Navaho classification of their song ceremonials, New
York: Kraus Reprint Co., 1969. GN2 .A22 pt.50
Ywahoo, Dhyani. Voices of our ancestors:
Cherokee teachings from the wisdom fire, Boston: Distributed
by Random House, 1987. E99.C5 Y98
Ambler, Marjane. Reclaiming
Native health. Tribal College Journal, Winter2003, 15 (2)
Begay, R. Cruz.
Changes in childbirth knowledge. American Indian Quarterly,
Summer/Fall2004, 28 Issue 3/4
Bensoussan, Alan. Are
doctors keeping up with the game? Journal of Alternative &
Complementary Medicine, Dec2005, 11 (6)
Broome, Barbara & Broome, Rochelle. Native
Americans: traditional healing. Urologic Nursing, Apr2007,
27 (2)
Cohen, Ken. Native
American medicine. Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine,
Nov 1998. 4 (6)
Cook, Sarah Jane. Use
of traditional Mi'kmaq medicine among patients at a First Nations community
health centre. Canadian Journal of Rural Medicine, Spring2005,
10 (2)
Diamond, Jared. Anatomy
of a ritual. Natural History, Jul2001, 110 (6)
Dufrene, Phoebe M. & Coleman, Victoria
D. Art
and healing for Native American Indians. Journal of Multicultural
Counseling & Development, Jul94, 22 (3)
Edwards, Kareth.
Native American health. Journal of Cultural Diversity,
Summer2005, 12 (2)
Jones, David S. The
persistence of American Indian health disparities. American
Journal of Public Health, Dec2006, 96 (12)
Kadir, Abdul Hamid.
Of roots, barks, paracetamol and edta. Malaysian Journal of
Medical Sciences, Jul2006, 13 (2)
Kleber, Louis C. Religion
among the American Indians: The American Indians' 'medicine' was a spiritual
belief as well as a curative. History Today, Feb78, 28
(2)
Kluger, Jeff. A
gentle way to wellness. Time, New York: Apr 16, 2001. 157,
(15)
Ko, Marnie. Back
from the brink (cover story). Report/Newsmagazine (National
Edition), 12/04/2000, 27 (15)
Mohawk, John. The
earth is our mother. The Conservationist, Albany: Feb 1995.
49, (4)
O'Donnell, Sara Altshul. Ancient
healing secrets. Prevention, Oct99, 51 (10)
Pedigo, Jill. Finding
the 'meaning' of Native American substance abuse: implications for community
prevention. Personnel & Guidance Journal, Jan83, 61
(5)
Sickle, David Van, Morgan, Frank & Wright,
Anne L. Qualitative
study of the use of traditional healing by asthmatic Navajo families.
American Indian & Alaska Native Mental Health Research: The Journal
of the National Center, 2003, 11 (1)
Stevens, Laura.
Centre uses culture and tradition to help youth heal. Ontario
Birchbak, Nov2005, 4 (9)
Toledo, Suzanne E. & Toledo-Pereyra, Luis
H.
Early American medicine. Journal of Investigative Surgery,
Nov/Dec2003, 16 (6)
Verburg, Peter. Sweetgrass
and laser surgery. Alberta Report/Newsmagazine, 9/19/94,
21 (40)
Weiskopf, Jimmy. Healing
secrets in a shaman's forest. Americas (English edition), Washington:
Jul 1993. 45 (4)
