Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien is Assistant Professor of Religion and Culture at Pacific Lutheran University. She is the author of Native American Religious Traditions and American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia. She has also published journal articles and book chapters.

This book is a welcome addition to the body of scholarship about the medical beliefs and needs of Native Americans. The well-written chapters discuss such diverse diseases as cancer, diabetes, and alcoholism, as well as such diverse healing modalities as Sundance, storytelling, and the use of peyote. …Even for readers who do not offer direct care to persons of Native American descent, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into a world rarely encountered.

• Series Foreword- Susan Starr Sered and Linda L. BarnesForeword -Ins M. TalamantezPreface- Suzanne J. Crawford OBrien1. Introduction -Suzanne J. Crawford OBrien2. Lightning Followed Me: Contemporary Navajo Therapeutic Strategies for Cancer- Maureen Trudelle Schwarz3. This Path Will Heal Our People: Healing the Soul Wound of Diabetes- Michelle M. Jacob4. Alcohol Abuse Recovery and Prevention as Spiritual Practice- Dennis F. Kelley5. Figuring It Out: Sundancing and Storytelling in the Lakota Tradition- Larissa Petrillo6. Restoring Sacred Connection with Native Women in the Inner City-Denise Nadeau and Alannah Young7. Healing Generations in the South Puget Sound- Suzanne J. Crawford OBrien8. The Stories Are Very Powerful: A Native American Perspective on Health, Illness and Narrative- Eva Marie Garroutte and Kathleen Delores Westcott9. If All These Great Stories Were Told, Great Stories Will Come! -Rodney Frey, Tom Yellowtail, and Cliff SiJohnAfterword - Thomas CsordasIndexAbout the Contributors

Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien is Assistant Professor of Religion and Culture at Pacific Lutheran University. She is the author of Native American Religious Traditions and American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia. She has also published journal articles and book chapters.

This book is a welcome addition to the body of scholarship about the medical beliefs and needs of Native Americans. The well-written chapters discuss such diverse diseases as cancer, diabetes, and alcoholism, as well as such diverse healing modalities as Sundance, storytelling, and the use of peyote. …Even for readers who do not offer direct care to persons of Native American descent, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into a world rarely encountered.

• Series Foreword- Susan Starr Sered and Linda L. BarnesForeword -Ins M. TalamantezPreface- Suzanne J. Crawford OBrien1. Introduction -Suzanne J. Crawford OBrien2. Lightning Followed Me: Contemporary Navajo Therapeutic Strategies for Cancer- Maureen Trudelle Schwarz3. This Path Will Heal Our People: Healing the Soul Wound of Diabetes- Michelle M. Jacob4. Alcohol Abuse Recovery and Prevention as Spiritual Practice- Dennis F. Kelley5. Figuring It Out: Sundancing and Storytelling in the Lakota Tradition- Larissa Petrillo6. Restoring Sacred Connection with Native Women in the Inner City-Denise Nadeau and Alannah Young7. Healing Generations in the South Puget Sound- Suzanne J. Crawford OBrien8. The Stories Are Very Powerful: A Native American Perspective on Health, Illness and Narrative- Eva Marie Garroutte and Kathleen Delores Westcott9. If All These Great Stories Were Told, Great Stories Will Come! -Rodney Frey, Tom Yellowtail, and Cliff SiJohnAfterword - Thomas CsordasIndexAbout the Contributors

Suzanne J. Crawford O'Brien is Assistant Professor of Religion and Culture at Pacific Lutheran University. She is the author of Native American Religious Traditions and American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia. She has also published journal articles and book chapters.

This book is a welcome addition to the body of scholarship about the medical beliefs and needs of Native Americans. The well-written chapters discuss such diverse diseases as cancer, diabetes, and alcoholism, as well as such diverse healing modalities as Sundance, storytelling, and the use of peyote. …Even for readers who do not offer direct care to persons of Native American descent, this book offers a fascinating glimpse into a world rarely encountered.

• Series Foreword- Susan Starr Sered and Linda L. BarnesForeword -Ins M. TalamantezPreface- Suzanne J. Crawford OBrien1. Introduction -Suzanne J. Crawford OBrien2. Lightning Followed Me: Contemporary Navajo Therapeutic Strategies for Cancer- Maureen Trudelle Schwarz3. This Path Will Heal Our People: Healing the Soul Wound of Diabetes- Michelle M. Jacob4. Alcohol Abuse Recovery and Prevention as Spiritual Practice- Dennis F. Kelley5. Figuring It Out: Sundancing and Storytelling in the Lakota Tradition- Larissa Petrillo6. Restoring Sacred Connection with Native Women in the Inner City-Denise Nadeau and Alannah Young7. Healing Generations in the South Puget Sound- Suzanne J. Crawford OBrien8. The Stories Are Very Powerful: A Native American Perspective on Health, Illness and Narrative- Eva Marie Garroutte and Kathleen Delores Westcott9. If All These Great Stories Were Told, Great Stories Will Come! -Rodney Frey, Tom Yellowtail, and Cliff SiJohnAfterword - Thomas CsordasIndexAbout the Contributors