This presentation will introduce participants to the Menominee and Haudenosaunee origin stories and the important relationship Native people have with spirit beings. Specifically, we will learn how human-animal transformation in story is integral to establishing a reciprocal relationship with land, animals, and all spirit beings.

• Reading; will be emailed to participants in advance of the class

• Lacourt, J. (2010). My Father was a Bear: Human-animal transformation in Native American Teachings. Spring Journal, 83

• Bernstein, J. (2014). Healing Our Split, In, M. Winborn (Ed). Shared Realities: Participation Mystique and Beyond. Skiatook, OK: Fisher King Press (pp. 167-183).

Supplemental: Bernstein, J. (2014). Nonshamanic Native American Healing. Psychological Perspectives 57: 129- 146 Lacourt, J. (2012).
Coming Home: Knowing Land Knowing Self. Spring Journal, 87