The hollow tree : fighting addiction with traditional Native healing

Summary: Before discovering native healing methods, Herb Nabigon could not imagine a life without alcohol. His powerful autobiography, The Hollow Tree, tells the story of his struggle to overcome addiction with the help of the spiritual teachings and brotherly love of his elders. Nabigon had spent much of his life wrestling with self-destructive impulses, feelings of inferiority and resentment, and alcohol abuse when Eddie Bellerose, an Elder, introduced him to the ancient Cree teachings. With the help of healing methods drawn from the Four Sacred Directions, the refuge and revitalization offered by the sweat lodge, and native cultural practices such as the use of the pipe Nabigon was able to find sobriety.

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ISBN: 0773531327 (softcover)
ISBN: 9780773531321 (softcover)
Physical Description: xix, 118 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
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Publisher: Montreal, PQ ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006.
Copyright: ©2006

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The early years -- The middle years -- The long road home -- A meeting with the sweetgrass -- The natural cycle of life -- The four sacred directions -- The struggle for spiritual strength -- The sweatlodge -- The struggle for understanding -- The spiritual path.

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Indigenous philosophy -- North America
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Canada -- Religion
Indigenous peoples -- Canada -- Religion
College teachers -- Ontario -- Biography
Ojibwe (Anishinabe) -- Canada -- Biography
Ojibwe (Anishinabe) -- Canada -- Biography
Medicine wheels
Alcoholism -- Treatment -- Canada
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Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Canada -- Rites and ceremonies
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Canada -- Religion
Spiritual healing
Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Canada -- Rites and ceremonies
Indigenous philosophy -- North America
College teachers -- Ontario -- Biography
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Location	Call Number / Copy Notes	Barcode	Shelving Location	Circulation Modifier	Holdable?	Status	Due Date	Courses
Lansdowne Library	E 78 C2 N23 2006 (Text)	26040002730691	Main Collection		Volume hold	Available	-
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