Interconnectedness of Mind, Body and Nature in the Traditional Healing System of American Indians in Tracks by Louise Erdrich

This paper explores the impact of the traditional healing system associated with Ojibwe tribal members through the excavation of implicit connectivity present among mind, body and nature. Different health issues encountered by the natives are, in fact, sites that provide insights to those factors that either stabilize or destabilize connectivity among mind, body and nature. Analytical handling of the discourse, thus, imparts logicality to the significance of interrelatedness of these three components in traditional healing system. By interrogating the need for medicine man/woman in Ojibwe tribe and detecting the hypnotic and efficacious impact of songs, herbs and drums on the mind and body of patients, this research paper provides a comprehensive version of traditional healing system of Native Americans.