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Mabel McKay's baskets cannot be separated from her Dreams, for it is through them that she learned to weave and to heal. A world-renowned Pomo basket weaver and medicine woman, Mabel spent her life teaching others about the culture she helped to keep alive and the Dream world in which she lived. But to understand Mabel's life, one must understand the way the spirit speaks through the Dream, the way the spirit heals, and the way the spirit demands to be heard. In this wise book, Greg Sarris weaves together stories from Mabel's life with an account of how he tried, and she resisted, telling her…
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7 editions- Paperback · English · 1997University of California Press · 178 pages · 9780520209688
- Other · English · 2013University of California Press · 182 pages · 9780520275881
- Other · English · 2013University of California Press · 181 pages · 9781299200418
- Other · English · 2013University of California Press · 182 pages · 9780520955226
- Other · English · 2013University of California Press · 182 pages · 9780520424449
- Other · English · 1994University of California Press · 165 pages · 9780520086128
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