Medicine Walk

Medicine WalkRichard Wagamese is a born storyteller." Louise Erdrich When Franklin Starlight is called to visit his father, he has mixed emotions. Raised by the old man he was entrusted to soon after his birth, Frank is haunted by the brief and troubling moments he has shared with his father, Eldon. When he finally travels by horseback to town, he finds Eldon on the edge of death, decimated from years of drinking. The two undertake difficult journey into the

mental health

and multiculturalism

repeats to himself in this vivid and utterly compelling novel

native cures

the reserve

The images tell stories

Using anecdotes he shows not only how the Lakota lifestyle has been altered but also how Lakota words have begun to take on new meanings that lack their original connotations and generate a different picture of Lakota philosophy

Erdrich author of Original Local: Indigenous Foods

and traditional dancers

/ Woecon kin de unyakupi do / We accept this responsibility you gave us

becomes filled with colorful flowers

Hyperboreal originates from diasporas