Monday, October 31, 2022

Medicinal Monday... Five Plants Used for Native American Witchcraft!

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Like many indigenous tribes around the world, Native Americans believed in witchcraft and magic. These beliefs were passed down by oral trad...
Monday, October 24, 2022

Medicinal Monday...Goldenseal

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Goldenseal has a long and colorful history. It is prized among many Native American communities for medicinal purposes and as a traditional ...
Monday, October 17, 2022

The Institute for American Indian Studies hosts an Evening of Native American Traditions with Dr. Kimmerer and a Dance by Pilobolus

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The Institute for American Indian Studies is hosting an evening with Robin Wall Kimmerer,  founder, and director of the Center for Native Pe...

Medicinal Monday - Beautiful Blue Cohosh

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This attractive wildflower with its beautiful blue fruit that grows above its leaves has been used as an herbal remedy for centuries by many...
Monday, October 10, 2022

Artifact Identification Day @ Institute For American Indian Studies October 22

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  Do you have any stone artifacts or Northeastern Native American cultural items that you would like to have identified? Do you want to know...

Medicinal Monday...Charismatic and Dramatic - Cinnamon Fern

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Cinnamon Fern is named for its beautiful reddish-brown spikes that emerge from the center of this fern above a vase-like cluster of sterile ...
Monday, October 3, 2022

Medicinal Monday...American Hog Peanut - Unusual and Useful!

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This plant is unusual because it produces seeds above and below the ground and two types of flowers. Hog peanuts are in the pea family (Faba...