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Category: Medicine Man

Cherokee Medicine Man’s Views on Russia

Cherokee Medicine Man1

Even though it has been twenty years, I remember it as if it were yesterday. Quantum Physics is right, time does not exist. It is all there in the quantum ocean waiting for us to tap into it. I did.

Native American Thompsonian Herbalism

Medicine Herb1

Everyone owes a great debt to those men and women who began natural healing. They did the original work in their own way of observation and testing to locate those herbs they needed to save the lives

7 Native American Herbal Healing Secrets

Native Americans herbal & medicine book1

This herb was used by Native Americans for joint pain and muscle aches. Modern research has determined that this herb stops inflammation and contains a natural pain reliever (caffeoylquinic acid). A

Kicking Bear ~ Oglala Lakota

Kicking Bear(310x240)

Kicking Bear (March 18, 1846–May 28, 1904), also called Matȟó Wanáȟtake, was an Oglala Lakota who became a band chief of the Miniconjou Lakota

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“Medicine man” or “medicine woman”

Medicine Man(310x240)

"Medicine man" or "medicine woman" are English terms used to describe traditional healers and spiritual leaders among Native American and other indigenous or aboriginal

Medicine Men

Medicine Man of the Cheyenne(310x240)

American Indian men and women who acted as doctors or healers consisted of two groups. The first type was the shaman or medicine man (or woman), who sought cures through spiritual

Wabokieshiek ~ Winnebago , Sauk

Wabokieshiek(310x240)

Wabokieshiek ('The Light.' or White Cloud') A medicine-man also known as The Prophet, the friend and adviser of Black hawk. He was born about 1794, and presided over a village known as "prophet's

Black Elk – Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux, 1863-1950

Black Elk(310x240)

Black Elk (December 1863-August 19, 1950) was a famous Medicine Man or Holy Man of the Oglala Lakota(Sioux). He was Heyoka and a second cousin of Crazy Horse. Black Elk said that several times during

Short Bull – Sioux Indian

Short Bull (310x240)

Short Bull, a member of the Sioux tribe, was born in about 1845. He was a warrior who fought at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, and a medicine man who brought the Ghost Dance religion to the

The Medicine Man

Blessing From the Medicine Man (310x240)

As I have been studying Native American religions, I noticed a pattern in traditional ceremonies. Almost all religious ceremonies involve healing by a medicine

Medicine in the Native American Customs

Medicine Pipe (310x240)

Native Americans knew a lot about healing and natural medicine. The medicine included herbs, but also spirits!

Kennekuk

Kennekuk

Kennekuk (c. 1790-1852) was a Kickapoo medicine man and leader known as the "Kickapoo Prophet." He encouraged a community based on peacefulness, abstinence from alcohol, and

Pope ~ Tewa

Pope

Pope (1'o rye). A celebrated Tewa medicine-man, native of the pueblo of San Juan, who first appears in New Mexico history in 1675 as a leader either of some prisoners charged with witchcraft, and

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