Talk With the Indian Doctress: * Interpreting 19th Century Native American Medicine
Talk With the Indian Doctress: * Interpreting 19th Century Native American Medicine
At the Shea Theater, Dr. Marge Bruchac discusses research on Native medicinal plants and practitioners, the approaches she uses to make these histories visible, as part of our Food, Farms, and Factories project, in collaboration with the Nolumbeka Project. In 19th century New England, “Indian Doctors” and “Indian Doctresses” treated Native and non-Native neighbors alike. […]