How could people incorporate some of the uniqueness of the Native American ways into their modern life?
Just by developing cultural awareness, perhaps. A way to start is to become aware that wherever you live in North America, people were there before you, and some of these people are still there in your midst. Some of them are still talking, and will help you. They will tell you about their culture, their lives, and their ways of thinking, working, healing and playing. In what area do you think Native American healing can contribute most to medicine? I think the obvious thing is chronic illness, where we don’t have a specific treatment, and we just muddle along with people slowly getting sicker. That’s a perfect area for some integration and experimentation. I start with those areas where we have so little to offer people. Most of our maladies are chronic illnesses diabetes, heart disease, autoimmune disease, and cancer. I feel that people need the freedom to heal themselves, but there are certain groups that would like to wrest away the peoples’ right to take herbs or use other forms o
