Indigenous peoples learned how to use plants to heal many physical and spiritual ailments.
Listen to Stands Among Elk (Meherrin Nation) and Vickie Jeffries (Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation) tell us how their peoples use plants and fruits like acorns, sumac, cedar and strawberries to treat everything from dandruff to cholera.
What plants are you most familiar with? Do you know any medicinal uses for these plants?