Wisdom of a Muscogee Creek Caretaker of Sacred Ways
“I don’t make the medicine, it was here before me. I’ve been entrusted to be a caretaker of certain sacred ways.”
The Bear Is My Father is considered a love story between Bear Heart and a community that stretches across the globe. This book celebrates the life, teachings and legacy of Marcellus Bear Heart Williams, a Multi-Tribe Spiritual Leader and author of the critically acclaimed The Wind is My Mother.
This book is authored in part by Bear Heart himself, and co-authored by Reginah WaterSpirit, Bear Heart’s medicine helper and late-life spouse of 23 years, whose intimate and insightful stories and reflections give a more personal portrayal of Bear Heart.
Marcellus “Bear Heart” Williams (1918 – 2008) was one of the last traditionally trained medicine persons of the Muscogee Creek Nation. His teachings wove together the knowledge of many traditions as Bear Heart was an ordained American Baptist Minister, Road Chief, and renowned spiritual counselor. Speak- ing in 13 Native American tribal languages, Bear Heart was considered a Multi-Tribal Spiritual Leader and was called upon internationally for his healing work.
Reginah WaterSpirit
Reginah WaterSpirit was born in The Bronx, New York and raised in Southern California. Her interest in psycho- spiritual paths led her to New Mexico and eventually to Bear Heart. Reginah worked with him as a medicine helper while they traveled in the United States, Europe, Mexico, and Canada for 23 years. They eventually married in a spiritual ceremony in Oklahoma. She is a member of The Earth Tribe, a community committed to the necessary truth that humans are but one among all species.
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