Grandmothers of the light : a medicine woman's source book / Paula Gunn Allen ; interviewed by Karole Selmon.
Professor Paula Gunn Allen, from the UCLA English department and an Amerindian of Laguna Pueblo and Sioux heritage discusses her book which is a compilation of 21 stories from the Cherokee, Navajo (Dine), Aztec, Maya, and other North American civilization. These stories show how the disciplines of the medicine woman--including the way of the daughter, the way of the mother, and the way of the wise woman--are open to all woman. She asserts that walking "in a sacred manner" can yield increasing spiritual power throughout one's life.|GRANDMOTHERS OF THE LIGHT : A MEDICINE WOMAN'S SOURCE BOOK / Paula Gunn allen| interviewed by Karole Selmon. - Professor Paula Gunn Allen, from the UCLA English department and an Amerindian of Laguna Pueblo and Sioux heritage discusses her book which is a compilation of 21 stories from the Cherokee, Navajo (Dine), Aztec, Maya, and other North American civilization. These stories show how the disciplines of the medicine woman--including the way of the daughter, the way of the mother, and the way of the wise woman--are open to all woman. She asserts that walking "in a sacred manner" can yield increasing spiritual power throughout one's life. - RECORDED: Sept. 1991.