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  2. Navajo medicine - Wikipedia

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    It dates back thousands of years as many Navajo people have relied on traditional medicinal practices as their primary source of healing. However, modern day residents within the Navajo Nation have incorporated contemporary medicine into their society with the establishment of Western hospitals and clinics on the reservation over the last century.

  3. Cleverman - Wikipedia

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    Traditions of traditional healing have led to challenges in engaging some Aboriginal patients with Western medicine. According to the Yolngu peoples' Madayin system of law, all acts of harmful sorcery or 'Galka Djama' are illegal. Some Yolngu people see legalised euthanasia as Galka Djama and reject it. Additionally, the language barrier in ...

  4. Medicine man - Wikipedia

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    Medicine people use many practices, including specialized knowledge of Native American ethnobotany. [2] Herbal healing is a common practice in many Indigenous households of the Americas; [ 3 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] however, medicine people often have more in-depth knowledge of using plants for healing or other purposes.

  5. San healing practices - Wikipedia

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    In the culture of the San (various groups of the indigenous hunter-gatherer cultures of Botswana, Namibia, South Africa, and Angola), healers administer a wide range of practices, from oral remedies containing plant and animal material, making cuts on the body and rubbing in 'potent' substances, inhaling smoke of smoldering organic matter like certain twigs or animal dung, wearing parts of ...

  6. Traditional medicine - Wikipedia

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    Generally, bush medicine used by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in Australia is made from plant materials, such as bark, leaves and seeds, although animal products may be used as well. [33] A major component of traditional medicine is herbal medicine, which is the use of natural plant substances to treat or prevent illness. [34]

  7. Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day: Dates and history to ...

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    In 2024, Indigenous Peoples Day and Columbus Day fall on Monday, Oct. 14. The holidays occur annually on the second Monday of October. Post offices will close, as well as many public schools.

  8. Traditional Alaska Native medicine - Wikipedia

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    Traditional healers deal with everyday forms of illness or injury and can include herbalists, surgeons, massage specialists, midwives, or medicine men and women. What sets traditional Alaska Native healers apart from western doctors is both their traditional methods as well as the source of their healing abilities.

  9. Aztec medicine - Wikipedia

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    A variety of indigenous Nahua and Novohispanic written works survived from the conquest and later colonial periods that describe aspects of the Aztec system and practice of medicine and its remedies, incantations, practical administration, and cultural underpinnings. Elements of traditional medicinal practices and beliefs are still found among ...