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Cherokee Medicine Man: The Life and Work of a Modern-Day Healer

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Thank you so much for writing this book, Mr. Conley. I have just started getting back in touch with my Cherokee roots. This was a perfect starting point.

It is so heart-warming to read about a kind and loving spirit who dedicates his life to helping others. The lessons contained in the book should be learned by all. Thank you for being such a wonderful teacher and example, John Little Bear.

If you are interested in Native American Medicine, you need this book on your shelf! The first-hand accounts of the work of John Little Bear will give you great insight into this ancient practice. I highly, highly recommend this book for it's depth, clarity, and poignancy.

This was required reading for a course on native American religions and I found it to be thoroughly unbelievable. Two of my classmates actually went to Oklahoma to do further research on John Little Bear and their findings confirmed my suspicions about the man. Maybe not a complete and total fraud, but not far from it. Do not expect to learn much about Native spirituality from this book. At the end of the course it was revealed we were required to read this in order to understand how the hybridization of native spirituality has evolved in the last century.

This book is a great book to add to your collection of Cherokee books, the seller I bought mine through was great, they shipped fast and the condition of the book was better than expected.

If you like case studies of people treated with alternative medicine, this is an excellent book. I was looking for something more substantive, how-to instructions, and/or something about the personality of a medicine man. These individuals are some of history's most influential people. They were priests, doctors, nurses, teachers, pharmacists, architects, designers, and therapists. Their lives embodied the most education and skills readily available with no other purpose than the care of their tribe.

Some very good basic information here. I did not expect much more as in details. The author gave very good effort. He did well with what he was given. However, didanvwisgi requested the book be written and was unable or unwilling to set aside a proper effort. It is apparent that resistance to the writing of the book was strong and somewhat effective. Therefore, The book was lacking. I feel strongly didanvwisgi should have given his english name. Sgi'