The Southwest's healing tradition includes Native American medicine men, Hispanic curanderas, desert hot springs, herbalists and spiritualists throughout the ages. For students and faculty in the SMU-in-Taos program, this list of books and journal articles in the Fort Library provides a starting point for research.
Use PONI to determine the call numbers for
the books and to find more sources on your topic.
Journals are shelved alphabetically, by title.
See also guide in this series on Religion (includes section on Shamanism)
Categories within this guide Herbal Medicine | Native American Medicine | Other (inc. Hispanic and Anglo)
Healing Herbs of the Upper Rio Grande:
Traditional Medicine of the
Southwest (L.S.M.Curtin,
reprint 1997)
Healing Plants: A Medicinal Guide to Native
North American Plants and Herbs
Healing with Plants in the American and
Mexican West
How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food,
Medicine and Crafts (Densmore)
Indian Uses of Native Plants
Nature's Healing Arts: From Folk Medicine
to Modern Drugs
Medicinal Plants of Native America
Medicinal Plants of the Desert and Canyon
West
Medicinal Plants of the Mountain West
"Plants That Heal," in Plants, People,
and Culture
[Los] Remedios: Traditional
Herbal Remedies of the Southwest
Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province: Exploring
Ancient and Enduring Uses
American Indian Medicine
Dancing Healers: A Doctor's Journey of
Healing with Native Americans (Hammerschlang, Carl)
Diagnosis and Treatment of Prevalent Diseases
of North American Indian Populations
Disease Change and the Role of Medicine:
The Navajo Experience
Encyclopedia of Native American Healing
(REF, 1998, c. 1996)
"The Fight for Life: New Mexican Indians,
Health Care, and the Reservation
Period," New Mexico
Historical Review, 69:2 (April 1994)
Grandmothers of the Light: A Medicine
Woman's Sourcebook
How Indians Use Wild Plants for Food,
Medicine and Crafts (Densmore)
Indian Uses of Native Plants
Scalpel and the Silver Bear (Dr.
Lori Alvord, Navajo surgeon)
Shadowcatchers: A Journey in Search of
the Teachings of Native American Healers
Theft of the Spirit: A Journey to Spiritual
Healing with Native Americans
(Hammerschlang,
1993)
"Theory of Disease," pp. 80-103; "Theory
of Curing," pp. 104-120, in Navajo
Religion (Reichard)
Other (including Hispanic and Anglo healing traditions and practices)
"'An Army of Tubercular Invalids: New Mexico
and the Birth of a Tuberculosis
Industry," New Mexico
Historical Review,
61:3 (July 1986)
Cross-cultural Approach to Health Behavior
(1969)
Doctors of Medicine in New Mexico
Ethnic Medicine in the Southwest
Healer of Los Olmos and Other Mexican
Lores
"Healers and Witches," in Lore
of New Mexico, p. 323+
"Healing, Imagination, and New Mexico," (Stephen
D. Fox) New Mexico
Historical Review,
58:3 (July 1983).
Health-Seekers in the Southwest, 1817-1900
Health, Wealth and Pleasure in Colorado
and New Mexico (reprint of a
1881 publication
of the Denver and Rio Grande Railway Co.)
[The] Herbalist (Joseph
Meyer) in process
"Hygiene, Sanitation, and Public Health in
Hispanic New Mexico," (Simmons,
Marc), New Mexico Historical
Review, 67:3 (July 1992)
Medicine Women, Curanderas and Women Doctors
Mystic Healers and Medicine Shows: Blazing
Trails to Wellness in the
Old West and Beyond
Singing for my Echo: Memories of Gregorita
Rodriquez, A Native Healer of Santa Fe
Well Body, Well Earth: The Sierra Club
Environmental Health Sourcebook (1983)