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Joseph Eagle Elk (1931&;91) was an effective and highly respected traditional Lakota healer.

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ISBN	9780803282827
Book Title	Price of a Gift : a Lakota Healer's Story
Publisher	University of Nebraska Press
Item Length	9 in
Publication Year	2002
Format	Trade Paperback
Language	English
Illustrator	Yes
Item Height	0.6 in
Author	Gerald Mohatt, Joseph Eagle Elk
Genre	Social Science, Juvenile Nonfiction
Topic	General, Ethnic Studies / Native American Studies, People & Places / United States / Native American
Item Weight	13.5 Oz
Item Width	6.5 in
Number of Pages	230 Pages

Price of a Gift : A Lakota Healer's Story, Paperback by Mohatt, Gerald; Eagle Elk, Joseph, ISBN 0803282826, ISBN-13 9780803282827, Brand New, Free shipping in the USJoseph Eagle Elk (1931&;91) was an effective and highly respected traditional Lakota healer. He practiced for nearly thirty years, treating serious physical and mental illnesses among the people of the Rosebud Reservation and elsewhere. In 1990 he began collaborating on his memoir with Gerald Mohatt, a close friend and cross-cultural psychologist.

Eagle Elk&;s story of his life, practice, and beliefs provides a uniquely introspective, demystified, and informative look at the career of a traditional Native American healer. We learn how a persistent vision and recurring visits by thunder spirits led Eagle Elk long ago to become a healer. On a more general level, we gain valuable insights into how Lakota healers practice today. Eagle Elk&;s story and teachings also demonstrate the importance of community support and consensus in the development of traditional healers. Gerald Mohatt&;s perspective as a cross-cultural psychologist enables him to highlight the psychological dimensions and efficacy of Eagle Elk&;s healings and place them within a cross-cultural context.

Eagle Elk&;s life and career are presented in a way that brings together formative episodes from his life, selected teachings that emerged from those experiences, and case studies in healing. This arrangement allows readers to grasp the close relationship between the personal and cultural dimensions of traditional healing and to understand how and why this practice continues to affect and help others.