STAN HUGHES |
As we follow this Path, you will
learn to connect with your
sacred animal. The survey in
this book will help you know and
understand your personal totems
- spirits from the natural world
who walk with you on the
Beginner's Path.
Ha-Gue-A-Dees-Sas (Stan Hughes)
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MEDICINE SEEKER |
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Stan Hughes aka Ha-Gue-A-Dees-Sas,
(Seneca for “Man Seeking
His People), is a
retired public school
administrator with an
extensive publication
background including an
Editor’s Choice Award
from the International
Library of Poetry.
He worked many years as
a consultant for the
Indian Education Center
doing parent education
workshops and lecturing
from coast to coast on
the topics involved with
teaching Native
children. While serving
on the board of the
Urban Indian Center in
Spokane, Washington, he
was active in Indian
Education issues in both
Washington State and
Oregon.
Although not enrolled in
a federally recognized
tribe, both of his
grandmothers were of
Native American descent
and his deceased father
considered himself an
Ah-oh-ZE (half-breed) of
the Blackfoot Nation of
north central Montana.
Hughes was born on
Yakama Indian territory
in Washington State and
grew up in the Black
Hills of South Dakota,
considered sacred by the
Sioux Nation. He is a
Vietnam Era veteran
serving in the U.S. Army
from 1959 to 1965.
Hughes was trained by
traditional Shamans from
northern California and
participated in the Rite
of Passage to warrior
status during a seven
day fast and vision
quest in the Big Horn
Mountains of Wyoming.
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