Walking in the Sacred Manner: Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers--Medicine Women of the Plains

This is the most in depth and meaningful account of Lakota spirituality that I have read, and I've studied many books in the realms of scholarship, history and more new age interpretation of Lakota beliefs. This book very respectfully and sincerely gathers the accounts of traditional medicine women and introduces the reader to living and historical traditions of dreamers, ghost callers, and healers. The information here is warm, accessible, complex and profound. This book is a must read for everyone interested in female spirituality and Lakota tradition. I am very grateful that the information and wisdom here has been shared.

This book is a gem. The eye-witness accounts of Native holy women and their ceremonies are priceless. Books like this are hard to find!

Very interesting book focusing on Native American women healers. Highly recommended.

I thought this was a most interesting book on indian religious lifestyle. Plain testimonials of ordinary women, who are not so ordinary after all. But the simplicity and the spontanity of their voices is overwhelming. I liked this book very much.

I liked it so well, I bought another copy as a gift. This is full of truths about the native culture of medicine women and a few men as well. Much is not recent history, however it does try to illustrate what has happened to native tribal members with some of the 'not so good' influences of modern day. Many references also have further detail to help one get a 'feel' for growing up pre-reservation and living on a reservation in the early 20th century. The best part is how the healers work. Different methods depending on the need.

I learned so much from this book. It is rich in teaching about Native American spiriuality and the profound gift of wisdom that continues to find it's way to this moment. Thank you to all the deeply profound people who life within this wisdom and teach us.

Anything Native American is intriguing to me. I love history, and especially love the Native American story. This book is incredible about the medicine people of the Native Americans.

Although it is a little wordy in some parts, I would recommend this book as I am wordy and so are most of the people I know. Very warm story and obviously genuine.

Great book!