Mary, an independent journalist, has been writing about Native American people and issues since 2000 for Indian Country Today Media Network, ReWire News, the Guardian, and others. She is an enrolled member of the Red Cliff Band of Wisconsin Ojibwe. See more of her work at mapember.com.
Standing Rock Medic Bus Is Now a Traveling Decolonized Pharmacy
We’ve forgotten that we are all healers. We don’t have to go to school or memorize names in Latin; we all have access to plants and can comfort ourselves with our plant ancestors, Just as the Intertribal Canoe Journey has revitalized our culture, we hope that plant medicine will be one more pathway to connection and community healing.
August 2, 2018