Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert My Life Among the Navajo People, 2nd...

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Title: Medicine and Miracles in the High Desert
Author: Erica M. Elliott
Language: English
Subjects: Memoir
Publisher: Inner Traditions/Bear & Company

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• Details the author's time living with the Navajo people as a teacher, sheepherder, and doctor and her profound experiences with the people, animals, and spirits
• Shows how she learned the Navajo language to bridge the cultural divide
• Reveals the miracles she witnessed, including her own miracle when the elders prayed for healing of a tumor on her neck
• Shares her fearsome encounters with a mountain lion and a shape-shifting "skinwalker" and how she fulfilled a prophecy by returning as a doctor
In 1971, Erica Elliott arrived on the Navajo reservation as a newly minted schoolteacher, knowing nothing about her students or their culture. After a discouraging first week, she almost leaves in despair, unable to communicate with the children or understand cultural cues. But once she starts learning the language, the people begin to trust her, welcoming her into their homes and their hearts. As she is drawn into the mystical world of Navajo life,...

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