Medicine Trail: The Life and Lessons of Gladys Tantaquidgeon

Medicine Trail: The Life and Lessons of Gladys TantaquidgeonContrary to the fictional account of James Fenimore Cooper, the Mohegan Mohican nation did not vanish with the death of Chief Uncas more than three hundred years ago. In the remarkable life story of one of its most beloved matriarchs100 year old medicine woman Gladys Tantaquidgeon Medicine Trail tells of the Mohegans' survival into this century. Blending autobiography and history, with traditional knowledge and ways of life, Medicine Trail presents a

An unforgettable debut

For those interested in natural foods she gives extensive coverage to the gathering and preparation of maple sugar and wild rice

and wordplay—provide

and friendship

and communities

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suggest in practical terms how we might adopt life-enhancing cultures situated in a symbiotic relationship of nature and culture

Especially poignant is Adams's description of the ways in which students resisted or accommodated themselves to forced assimilation

" —Indian Country Today

to start a new day in the right way

and action that would be genuinely new for Native and non-Native relations

Learn about the life events and aspirations that shaped the voices of ten influential Native writers