Brooke Medicine Eagle
Brooke "Medicine Eagle" Edwards (born 1943)[1] is an American author, singer/songwriter and teacher, specializing in her interpretations of Native American religions. She frequently teaches workshops at New Age and other events.
Biography[edit]
Edwards was born and raised in Montana.[2] She studied at the University of Denver[2] obtaining a BA degree in psychology and mathematics.[1] She earned an MA in counseling psychology from the University of Denver.[1]
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]
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Works[edit]
Audio[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- ^ a b c d Anderson, Lorraine, ed. (2003). Sisters of the Earth: Women's Prose and Poetry About Nature. Vintage Books. 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.
- ^ a b Grimes, Ronald L. (2002). Deeply Into the Bone: Re-Inventing Rites of Passage. University of California Press. p. 143. ISBN 9780520236752.
- ^ Snavely, Cynthia A. (2001). "Native American Spirituality: Its Use and Abuse by Anglo-Americans". Journal of Religious & Theological Information. 4 (1): 91–103. doi:10.1300/J112v04n01_08. 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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- 1943 births
- American people of Danish descent
- American people of Irish descent
- American people of Scottish descent
- American women writers
- American people who self-identify as being of Blackfoot descent
- American people who self-identify as being of Cherokee descent
- American people who self-identify as being of Cree descent
- American people who self-identify as being of Lakota descent
- American people who self-identify as being of Native American descent
- Impostors
- Living people
- New Age spiritual leaders
- San Francisco State University faculty
- University of Denver alumni
- Writers from Montana
- 21st-century American women