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The hollow tree : fighting addiction with traditional Native healing / Herb Nabigon.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780773531321 (softcover)
- ISBN: 0773531327 (softcover)
- Physical Description: xix, 118 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
- Publisher: Montreal, PQ ; McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006.
- Copyright: ©2006
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- Formatted Contents Note:
- 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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| 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 | - | ||
| Lansdowne Library | E 78 C2 N23 2006 (Text) | 26040002916969 | Main Collection | Available | - |