Brooke Medicine Eagle
Brooke "Medicine Eagle" Edwards (born 1943)
Biography
Edwards was born and raised in
She has self-identified as being descended from six Native American tribes, including Cherokee, Crow, Cree, Piegan Blackfeet, and some "Sioux and Nez Perce ancestry," as well as European blood from Scotland, Ireland, and Denmark.[1][3] She is not enrolled in any of these tribes, however, and her statements and misrepresentations of Native American spirituality have been contested and protested by several Native American groups, including the American Indian Movement.[4]
In 1984, the American Indian Movement included Edwards among those it said were responsible for "a great attack or theft" of Native American ceremonies,[4] and in a 2001 article in the Journal of Religious & Theological Information, Cynthia Snavely connected Edwards to the "misappropriation of Native American spirituality [that] takes place within the New Age spirituality movement".[5] The Center for the SPIRIT (Support and Protection of Indian Religions and Indigenous Traditions) accused her of misrepresenting her heritage and falsely claiming to be a medicine woman.[6]
Bianca Casady of the musical group CocoRosie has referred to Brooke Medicine Eagle as her mother's partner, stating "As a small child I was carried in a papoose around sacred Anasazi grounds by my mother and her partner, Brook[e] Medicine Eagle."[7]
See also
Works
Audio
- A Gift of Song (CD). 1995.
- Visions Speaking (CD). 1996.
- Gathering the Sacred Breath (CD). 2003.
- Live from the Shaman's Cave (CD). 2005.
- For my People (CD). 2005.
Books
- Eagle, Brooke Medicine (1991). Buffalo Woman Comes Singing: The Spirit Song of a Rainbow Medicine Woman. Random House Publishing. ISBN 978-0-345-36143-1.
- Eagle, Brooke Medicine (2000). The Last Ghost Dance: A Guide for Earth Mages. National Geographic Books. ISBN 978-0-345-40031-4.
References
- ^ ISBN 9781400033218.
- ^ a b Sallquist, Bill (October 29, 1981). "Medicine Woman Blends Treatments". Spokane Daily Chronicle – via Google News.
- ^ "About Brooke Medicine Eagle". MedicineEagle.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2013.
She has ancestors in six native tribes (Crow, Nez Perce, Lakota, Cree, Peigan and Cherokee) as well as European blood from Scotland, Ireland, and Denmark.
- ^ ISBN 9780520236752.
- S2CID 216086951.
- ^ Center for the SPIRIT. "Alert – Re:Brooke 'Medicine Eagle' Edwards". Sonoma County Free Press. Archived from the original on March 1, 2003. Retrieved December 20, 2023.
- ^ "An Evening With CocoRosie". DoTheBay. October 28, 2013. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
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