Traditional Medicine
A traditional practice used to purify a space by burning some sort of herb or tree.
What is Smudging?
These people have low health status when compared to other Americans.
Who are American Indians?
Traditional culture is used alongside modern medicine to provide this to American Indian patients.
What is emotional health and wellbeing?
This act helps keep American Indian families together.
what is the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA)?
A traditional practice that involves gathering in a small hut and heating large rocks.
What is a sweat lodge?
American Indians die from this disease more than 500% more than any other race in America.
What is alcoholism?
Some hospitals allow the burning of this herb to clear the area of bad energy and bring on healing energy.
What is sage?
The current percentage of American Indian Children who live with their parents has dropped from 25%-30% to this percentage.
What is 4%
This herb is considered an offering to elders, healers and creator and is often smoked out of a pipe.
The type of approach American Indians look at medicine with in order to encompass mind, body and spirit.