Guest Author - Deborah Adams



Native American Healing in the 21st Century - Rich-Heape Films a review

Native American Healing in the 21st Century, a Rich-Heape Film, is the winner of the 1999 Telly Award and the Crystal of Excellence Award by Modern Medicine.

This film is narrated by Greg Howard with several guest speakers such as: Bertha Blondin, Ron L. Anderson, Daniel J. Gagnon, Cindy Smith Mala, Roger T Conard, Ruby Windspirit, Phyllis Hogan and Mollie S Toll. These speakers all discussed many aspects of the way the Native American methods of healing and therapy were and are looked at and carried out with comparisons to other cultural ways of healing.

The central theme of Native American healing is shown to be the complete person and spirit. Not just one of the mind or one of the body but all; the mind, body and spirit. Early medicine was profoundly affected by what our ancestors had already learned. The fact that early settlers and pioneers benefited from the Native American healing methods is also discussed along with the discovered contents of a 350 year old Indian medicine bag.

Ancient remedies that were once looked at as primitive are now being embraced again and accepted by more and more modern scientists and physicians. The film addresses the fact that our ancestors methods work regardless of the fact that modern day specialists can't explain why, but they do. This is a responsibly presented film with a wonderful balance of information and film and expression.

There are demonstrations and examples of plants and roots, various methods of healing, respectful offering and harvesting and our host speaks on the topic of the Native American medicine bag. This is a well done film that educates us on the changes and preservation of Native American healing.

I would recommend this for anyone interested in learning more or teaching about Native American Healing in the 21st Century.

Visit www.richheape.com to get a copy of this wonderful film!