Walking in the Sacred Manner

Healers, Dreamers, and Pipe Carriers–Medicine Women of the Plains
A portrait of the role of women in the spiritual and religious life of the Plains Indians community emerges from interviews with holy women and their families, showing the special status of female healers and destroying Native American stereotypes. Original. 30,000 first printing.
Walking in the Sacred Manner is an exploration of the myths and culture of the Plains Indians, for whom the everyday and the spiritual are intertwined, and women play a strong and important role in the spiritual and religious life of the community.

Based on extensive first-person interviews by an established expert on Plains Indian women, Walking in the Sacred Manner is a singular and authentic record of the participation of women in the sacred traditions of Northern Plains tribes, including Lakota, Cheyenne, Crow, and Assiniboine.

Through interviews with