Indigenous Health

In this 40-day journey, ancestral healing expert Pānquetzani shares traditional Indigenous wisdom for helping women thrive in, rather than survive, the postpartum experience—featuring traditional stories and tools such as ancestral recipes for lactation and replenishing, prayers, and somatic practices for physical, emotional, and sexual recovery.

What if healing isn’t about fixing yourself but remembering what you’ve always carried? In a world that urges constant self-improvement, many people feel exhausted, disconnected, and unsure of their inner voice even after years of “doing the work.” The Quiet Strength of Ancestral Healing offers a gentler path forward, grounded in indigenous perspectives that understand healing as remembrance, balance, and continuity rather than correction.

Indigenous naturopathic doctor Nicole Redvers pairs evidence-based research with traditional healing modalities, addressing modern health problems and medical processes Modern medical science has finally caught up to what traditional healing systems have known for centuries. Many traditional...

A Globe and Mail "Best Book of 2023"; a Most Anticipated Book Pick by Good Morning America, Bustle, CrimeReads, Electric Literature, Debutiful, Ms. Magazine, The Nerd Daily, and Paste A mind-bending, razor-sharp look at motherhood and mental health that follows a young Indigenous woman who...

Reveals how Maata integrated her own experiences of trauma and colonialism with traditional Māori wisdom to develop modern teachings Shares Māori practices around birth, death, and healing, and Maata’s ritual of Kahu Whakatere to embrace bereavement, transition, and loss Tells...

A forensic history of the missing and murdered Indigenous women and Two-Spirit people crisis that unmasks the Americas’ oldest and most relentless crime: Native genocide “A phenomenal contribution to our understanding of the ongoing violence throughout the Americas against [MMIW2S].” —...

The Ancestral Indigenous Diet is based upon the forgotten wisdom of our Carnivorous past. It teaches a traditional way of eating and nutrition principles that naturally allow us to achieve weight loss, longevity, overall health, and — most importantly — happiness. High-quality animal foods are the foundation of it all. Similar to a Carnivore Diet, we prize grass-fed beef, free-range chicken and eggs, pasture-raised pork, wild-caught fish, raw grass-fed dairy, and high-quality wild plant foods prepared in the traditional way.

From a brilliant, young, Harvard-trained anthropologist and contributor to The New Yorker comes a fascinating investigation into the spiritual practice of shamanism, from its beginnings to the present moment, for readers disaffected with organized religion who seek a more personal approach to...

Shortly before he died, Plenty Coups, the last great Chief of the Crow Nation, told his story - up to a certain point. "When the buffalo went away the hearts of my people fell to the ground", he said, "and they could not lift them up again. After this nothing happened." It is precisely this point - that of a people faced with the end of their way of life - that prompts the philosophical and ethical inquiry pursued in Radical Hope. In Jonathan Lear's view, Plenty Coups' story raises a profound ethical question that transcends his time and challenges us all.

In this audiobook you’ll learn all about Native American herbalism to improve your health, wellness, and vitality with indigenous healing practices, medicinal plants, natural herbs, and herbalist remedies.

A definitive history of mescaline that explores its mind-altering effects across cultures, from ancient America to Western modernity. Mescaline became a popular sensation in the mid-20th century through Aldous Huxley's The Doors of Perception, after which the word "psychedelic" was coined to describe it. Its story, however, extends deep into prehistory: The earliest Andean cultures depicted mescaline-containing cacti in their temples.

The beginner's practice gave you miracles. The advanced practice will give you freedom. You know the four phrases. You've cleaned on your patterns. You've experienced transformation. But now you've hit something deeper—a wound that won't heal, a pattern that won't shift, a person you can't forgive. The plateau where "nothing's happening anymore." The shadow material you don't want to face. The ancestral pain you inherited but didn't cause. This is where most practitioners quit. Right before the breakthrough. Beyond Forgiveness: The Next Level of Ho'oponopono is the book for people who've ...

Researcher and lecturer Carl Lorenz Cervantes explores the timeless wisdom, ancestral worldviews, and spiritual tools of Filipino psychology and culture—and offers Indigenous ways of knowing for all readers, Filipino and non-Filipino alike. Drawing from folklore, language, ethnography, and...

Journey through millennia of human ingenuity and discover the forgotten secrets of gut health. 'Ancestral Gut Wisdom' delves into the rich tapestry of historical and cultural practices, revealing how ancient civilizations nourished their microbiomes long before modern science. This meticulously researched book explores traditional fermentation techniques, indigenous superfoods, and time-honored dietary philosophies from every corner of the globe. Perfect for food anthropologists, history enthusiasts, and anyone seeking a deeper, more holistic understanding of gut health, this unique ...

The Future of Medicine is Ancient. The Cure is Here. Rediscover the Science of the Sacred. Reclaim Your Health Sovereignty. Are you tired of a healthcare system that manages disease but never cures it? Are you ready to decolonize your medicine cabinet and your mind? In The Original Cure, Dr. Anthony B. James—Dean, Medicine Chief, and Scholar-Warrior—delivers a groundbreaking manifesto. This is not folklore; it is a clinical blueprint for the future of global healthcare, establishing Native American Traditional Indigenous Medicine (NATIM) as a Federally Recognized "Whole Medical System."...

Two-Spirit Indigiqueer psychotherapist and cultural theorist Dr. Roger Kuhn illuminates the ways our bodies offer portals to our own liberation. Experience somacultural liberation: A revolutionary ideology to explore how our bodies offer portals to personal and collective freedom. What role does...

Diabetes runs deep in many families. But rarely is its story told from the inside out. In Sweet Inheritance: A Family, a Diagnosis, and the Food That Changed Everything, Sabrina Everidge traces her journey from an early diabetes diagnosis through generations of family history shaped by cultural change, sugar, and misunderstood medical advice. Raised in a world where diabetes was normalized and quietly accepted, she followed every recommendation she was given—medications, insulin, and “balanced” eating—only to find herself sicker, heavier, and blamed when the numbers didn’t improve...

Rooted in Indigenous wisdom and a four-element framework, this book invites readers to rediscover and re-embody the truth that caring for ourselves and caring for the living Earth are one and the same. Global knowledge, personal stories, and natural science for repairing environmental harm...

Traditional Ando-Amazonian medicine man takes readers through the three main pillars of Amazonian indigenous teachings, and through a deeper place of transformation and healing with insights and step-by-step guidance. Beyond Ayahuasca empowers readers to transform their very relationship to...

"With Deep Liberation, our sacred calling is made accessible to all who are willing to listen for it within themselves." —adrienne maree brown, author of Pleasure Activism To create a world free from oppression, we each have to face the ways that we maintain toxic social systems within...