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Natural Healing Secrets of Native Americans

Wild Black Cherry .......................................................................................................................................... 18

Birch .................................................................................................................................................................... 18
Elm ....................................................................................................................................................................... 18

Black-Eyed Susan ........................................................................................................................................... 19
Goldenrod ......................................................................................................................................................... 20

Pineapple Weed .............................................................................................................................................. 20
Bellwort ............................................................................................................................................................. 20

Boneset .............................................................................................................................................................. 21
Snakeroot .......................................................................................................................................................... 21

Poke..................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Solomon’s Seal ................................................................................................................................................ 22

4 Smudging: An Ancient Indigenous Healing Art ............................................................................. 23
4.1 What is smudging? ........................................................................................................................... 23

4.2 The Medicine Wheel and the Four Directions ....................................................................... 24
4.3 The Process of Smudging ............................................................................................................... 25

4.4 The Role of Smudging in a Healing Circle ............................................................................... 26
4.5 Other Plants Used for Smudging ................................................................................................. 27

5 The Native American Approach to Healing: A Holistic Model ................................................. 28
5.1 What is “Holistic” Healing? ........................................................................................................... 28

5.2 How Holistic Healing looked for Indigenous Peoples ........................................................ 28

5.3 The Medicine Man and his Medicine Bag ................................................................................ 29
6 Healing through Ceremony and Community .................................................................................. 31
6.1 The Importance of Ceremony in Indigenous Healing ......................................................... 31

6.2 Native American Religious Leaders and their Role in Healing ....................................... 32

6.3 Dances ................................................................................................................................................... 32
6.4 Totems .................................................................................................................................................. 33

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