Once Oneida healer Russell FourEagles (Atuneyute Keya) went to see his friend Bob, whom doctors had declared incurably paralyzed following a stroke. Within minutes of FourEagles's attention, Bob was kicking the covers off the bed. 'You should write a book!'

Bob later encouraged. And here it is. FourEagle's grandparents - and so Russell himself - escaped the reservation-school education that obliterated Native American culture. Hence the abilities FourEagles's grandmother taught him he can be traced in an unbroken lineage back two hundred grandmothers. In this book he openly shares his knowledge so that the old wisdom and practices are not forgotten.