{"product_id":"the-medicine-men-oglala-sioux-ceremony-and-healing-9780803279391","title":"The Medicine Men: Oglala Sioux Ceremony and Healing","description":"For the residents of the Pine Ridge reservation in South Dakota, mainstream medical care is often supplemented or replaced by a host of traditional practices: the Sun Dance, the yuwipi sing, the heyok'a ceremony, herbalism, the Sioux Religion, the peyotism of the Native American Church, and other medicines, or sources of healing. Thomas H. Lewis, a psychiatrist and medical anthropologist, describes those practices as he encountered them in the late 1960s and early 1970s. \u003cp\u003eDuring many months he studied with leading practitioners. He describes the healers--their techniques, personal histories and qualities, the problems addressed and results obtained--and examines past as well as present practices. The result is an engrossing account that may profoundly affect the way readers view the dynamics of therapy for mind and body.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRetired from the National Naval Medical Center, where he served as chief of psychiatry, and from Georgetown University School of Medicine, Thomas H. Lewis now lives in Montana.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Bison Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50413090046226,"sku":"9780803279391","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_4b54c1d3-f373-4956-95b9-ef408bac4f4d.jpg?v=1729345717","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-medicine-men-oglala-sioux-ceremony-and-healing-9780803279391","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}