ï½guila

The Vision, Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Two-Spirit Shaman in the Ozark Mountains

By: Lauri Umansky, Maria Cristina Moroles

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Hardcover | 22 January 2024

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In Aguila: The Vision, Life, Death, and Rebirth of a Two-Spirit Shaman in the Ozark Mountains, MarIa Cristina Moroles traces the path of her extraordinary life from the streets of Dallas to the wilderness of the Arkansas Ozarks, where she has resided for fifty years. Hailing from a large Indigenous and Mexican American family in Texas, Moroles apprentices herself to healers and shamans across the Americas as she follows the spiritual vision that leads her to establish a mountaintop sanctuary for women and children of color in a notoriously insular location in the Ozark Mountains. This is a survivor's tale, and a back-to-the-lander's tale, unlike any other. From early traumas to countercultural rebellion and profound spiritual awakening, Moroles recounts milestones that earn her the ceremonial names SunHawk and Aguila, as she builds a sustainable community off the grid, atop a mountain otherwise uninhabited by human life. Aguila tells the truth of one woman's search for freedom and all women's quest for dignity as it celebrates the healing powers of nature.

Industry Reviews

"This impressive chronicle of the lifework of a powerful Indigenous woman wrestling with personal, familial, and cultural survival is also a story of the landscapes of Texas and Arkansas, which emerge as sites of birth, death, safety, and danger. A wonderful book." -Pippa Holloway, Cornerstone Chair in History, University of Richmond

"I have long admired the work of MarIa Cristina Moroles at Arco Iris, and now Aguila celebrates her life and vision. Filled with stories from Moroles's life deftly assembled by Lauri Umansky, Aguila demonstrates how to live honoring visions of peace and justice. Moroles has led a life filled with meaning and purpose; reading Aguila, all may witness and emulate. Aguila is fantastic!"-Julie R. Enszer, editor and publisher, Sinister Wisdom

"Aguila is beautifully written and powerfully engaging. It moves and touches you while simultaneously deepening and complicating the narrative about life in the Ozark Mountains. And it does this through the lens of a woman of color residing in a women-centered community. One cannot help but be inspired by Aguila's struggle, despair, hope, resilience, and power as she resisted the forces that would otherwise leave her unnamed and unacknowledged as she lives her life as freely and audaciously as possible."-Cherisse Jones-Branch, dean of the graduate school and professor of history, Arkansas State University

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