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 Wolfson begins by explaining how Native Americans have traditionally viewed health as part of their spiritual lives. While some of their herbal remedies were adopted by Western medicine fairly quickly, their larger vision of health in an interconnected universe is only now gaining some measure of acceptance. After describing a number of common plants and how they were used in healing, the book explains the roles, practices, training, ceremonies, and sacred objects of medicine men in a variety of tribes. While the book is written largely in the past tense, it shows that Native American medicine is alive and well today, both in the traditional practices and in its influence on healers from other cultures. Clearly written and spiced with anecdotes, this provides a view of another way of thinking as well as concrete information about medical practices.