Distinguished Native American Spiritual Practitioners and Healers

(Hardback)

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The new Distinguished Native Americans Series provide thoughtful and thorough accounts of important segments of American society. Each book in the series offers in-depth essays that chronicle the lives of outstanding Native Americans (from historical and contemporary periods) who have distinguished themselves in the fields of politics, government, science, business, religion, and the arts.

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.,."a good first stop for researching specific Native American spiritual leaders or healers....Recommended for academic and public libraries."-Library Journal
.,."useful in public and college libraries where there is a local or curricular need for information on Native American religious practices."-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
...a good first stop for researching specific Native American spiritual leaders or healers....Recommended for academic and public libraries.-Library Journal
...useful in public and college libraries where there is a local or curricular need for information on Native American religious practices.-Booklist/Reference Books Bulletin
This volume fills a niche not covered by other Native American biographical compilations and provides more information on spiritual practitioners than other reference works on Native American ceremonial tradition....recommended for all libraries.-Choice
This work is recommended for high school, public, and academic libraries.-ARBA online
..."a good first stop for researching specific Native American spiritual leaders or healers....Recommended for academic and public libraries."-Library Journal
"For those libraries with in-depth collections on Native Americans or Native American religion, this work will be an appropriate addition."-Reference & User Services Quarterly
"This work is recommended for high school, public, and academic libraries."-ARBA online
"This volume fills a niche not covered by other Native American biographical compilations and provides more information on spiritual practitioners than other reference works on Native American ceremonial tradition....recommended for all libraries."-Choice

Author Bio

TROY R. JOHNSON is a professor of American Indian Studies and U.S. History at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author, editor, or associate editor of 17 books and numerous scholarly journal articles and has presented a score of papers at scholarly conferences. His area of expertise also includes American Indian activism, federal Indian law, Indian child welfare, and Indian youth suicide.