Grandmothers of the light : a medicine woman’s source book / Paula Gunn Allen ; interviewed by Karole Selmon.

Professor Paula Gunn Allen, from the UCLA English department and an Amerindian of Laguna Pueblo and Sioux heritage discusses her book which is a compilation of 21 stories from the Cherokee, Navajo (Dine), Aztec, Maya, and other North American civilization. These stories show how the disciplines of the medicine woman–including the way of the daughter, the way of the mother, and the way of the wise woman–are open to all woman. She asserts that walking “in a sacred manner” can yield increasing spiritual power throughout one’s life.|GRANDMOTHERS OF THE LIGHT : A MEDICINE WOMAN’S SOURCE BOOK / Paula Gunn allen| interviewed by Karole Selmon. – Professor Paula Gunn Allen, from the UCLA English department and an Amerindian of Laguna Pueblo and Sioux heritage discusses her book which is a compilation of 21 stories from the Cherokee, Navajo (Dine), Aztec, Maya, and other North American civilization. These stories show how the disciplines of the medicine woman–including the way of the daughter, the way of the mother, and the way of the wise woman–are open to all woman. She asserts that walking “in a sacred manner” can yield increasing spiritual power throughout one’s life. – RECORDED: Sept. 1991.