Nyla Helper Lakota Medicine Woman: Through Trauma to Triumph
- 2015
- 22m
Nyla Helper, Mato Wiyan (Bear Woman), is a traditional Lakota Spiritual Woman of the Hunkpapa Band. She is a member of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Lakota Sioux) in South Dakota with h... Read allNyla Helper, Mato Wiyan (Bear Woman), is a traditional Lakota Spiritual Woman of the Hunkpapa Band. She is a member of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Lakota Sioux) in South Dakota with her husband, a Lakota Spiritual Leader and Head Man, David Swallow. Nyla Helper spent her e... Read allNyla Helper, Mato Wiyan (Bear Woman), is a traditional Lakota Spiritual Woman of the Hunkpapa Band. She is a member of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (Lakota Sioux) in South Dakota with her husband, a Lakota Spiritual Leader and Head Man, David Swallow. Nyla Helper spent her early life training and participating in the traditional spiritual ceremonies of the Lakota... Read all