The Hollow Tree: Fighting Addiction with Traditional Native Healing (Volume 49) (McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies) - Softcover

Nabigon, Herb

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0773531327 ISBN 13: 9780773531321

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006

Synopsis

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.

About this title

About the Author

Meegwun Fairbrother is of Ojibway and Scottish origin, from treaty territory #3 and Toronto Ontario. He is a graduate of York University's Acting Conservatory. In addition to being an award-winning actor, Meegwun is also a talented Northern traditional dancer and singer. He is the narrator of the Governor General's Literary Award-winning book The Marrow Thieves, which was shortlisted for CBC Canada Reads. He spends his time between Toronto and Winnipeg.

From the Back Cover

In memory of Bruce G. Trigger

Series editors: John Borrows and Arthur J. Ray

The McGill-Queen's Indigenous and Northern Studies series publishes books about Indigenous peoples in all parts of the northern world. It includes original scholarship on their histories, archaeology, laws, cultures, governance, and traditions. Works in the series also explore the history and geography of the North, where travel, the natural environment, and the relationship to land continue to shape life in particular and important ways. Its mandate is to advance understanding of the political, legal, and social relations between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, of the contemporary issues that Indigenous peoples face as a result of environmental and economic change, and of social justice, including the work of reconciliation in Canada. To provide a global perspective, the series welcomes books on regions and communities from across the Arctic and Subarctic circumpolar zones.

Edition details

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0773531327
• ISBN 13: 9780773531321
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 144