The Grieving Indian Author:Arthur H., George McPeek The Grieving Indian tells the story of Arthur H., and the painful lessons he learned as he tried to rebuild his life. It is about the source of pain in Indigenous people and communities in North America. — The policy of Indian Residential School during the colonial period brought about rupture of Indigenous community and families, which ... more »caused broken relationships and the people to turn to the comfort of alcohol and substance abuse. The overall historical outcome of it all was breakdown of their community.
The author was converted to Christianity and found a ministry to help himself and others through the Alcoholics Anonymous program. The second half of the book shows the general description of the conditions in the Indigenous community through his experience and encounters. While he describes the effectiveness of the recovery program, he inadvertently teaches us the approach we need to take if we have the desire to bring the ministry of healing to the people.
This is a powerful, healing book. Every Native American needs to read it for the help and hope it offers. Every person who is not Native American needs to read it for the depth of understanding it will give. « less