Includes bibliographical references and index.

Machine generated contents note:pt. I Russell Willier, Cree Healer -- ch. One Willier's Life as a Healer -- Becoming a Medicine Man -- Approaching a Healer -- My Cosmology -- Native Medicine -- Collecting Plants -- Common Problems Treated -- Survival of Native Medicine -- Working with Non-Native Doctors -- The Future -- ch. Two Ecological Issues Important to Willier -- Clearcut -- Fish -- Ducks -- Moose and Deer -- Plants -- Fires -- ch. Three Willier's Favorite Healing Stories -- Near-Death Experiences of Patients -- Predicaments in Which Healers Can Find Themselves -- pt. II Russell Willier's Medicine Bundle -- ch. Four Field Trip, Summer 2011 -- ch. Five Plants Used by Russell Willier -- Plants in Willier's Medicine Bundle -- Cleaning and Storing -- pt. III The Efficacy of Native Medicine -- Teenagers Treated at the Reserve -- Personal Experience -- The Mouse Woman of Gabriola -- Deborah Gray -- How Do We Explain Such Results?.

"Details the life and healing practices of medicine man Russell Willier, with extensive photographs and materials on the plants used by Willier in addition to valuable information on the active ingredients in these plants and their uses in alternative therapies"-- Provided by publisher.