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Biography & Autobiography Personal Memoirs

Hollow Tree

Fighting Addiction with Traditional Native Healing

by (author) Herb Nabigon

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Aug 2006
Category
Personal Memoirs
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773578807
    Publish Date
    Aug 2006
    List Price
    $17.95

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Before discovering native healing methods, Herb Nabigon could not imagine a life without alcohol. His powerful autobiography, The Hollow Tree, tells the story of his struggle to overcome addiction with the help of the spiritual teachings and brotherly love of his elders.

Nabigon had spent much of his life wrestling with self-destructive impulses, feelings of inferiority and resentment, and alcohol abuse when Eddie Bellerose, an Elder, introduced him to the ancient Cree teachings. With the help of healing methods drawn from the Four Sacred Directions, the refuge and revitalization offered by the sweat lodge, and native cultural practices such as the use of the pipe Nabigon was able to find sobriety.

The Hollow Tree is one person's testament to the power of indigenous culture to heal. Herb Nabigon's healing journey guided him to a life of kindness, honesty, courage, and humility.

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