Native American Healing

"Howard has done an excellent job of putting words to the ineffable experience of being a healer. In a world full of suspicion and the history of forced assimilation, Howard has generously shared his experiences of integrating two worlds, brought the best of both together to shed light on the great mysteries of his culture, language, song, and traditions. Howard has taught much by opening his heart and being willing to share from the place of joy and happiness that comes only from within the self. "
~ Written on 2007-01-17

""God gave you a brain, you figure it out!" This was Bill Eagle Feather's response to many a question.He was the Sundance chief of the Rosebud Sioux. Howard Bad Hand never says it in his book, Native American Healing, but that rough response was always in the back of my mind reading this book. Through his own voice, and the voices of his wise elder relatives like Kills Enemy & Jimmy Dubray, these healers & medicine men imply a world miles away from the materialistic money-grubbing white man's world. It is left to the reader to figure out the truly deep meaning embedded in this beautifully readable book. Near the end of the book, his uncle Jim Dubray takes Bad Hand to the Sacred Tree during a Sundance. The absolute rock-bottom simplicity of Uncle Jim's wisdom, as he passes it on to Bad Hand, brought tears to my eyes. If you want to learn something about the Indian way, and begin to comprehend the chasm between it and the American "way of life", read this book."
~ Written on 2003-02-09