Medicine Women

Menominee Medicine Woman

This entry was posted in Canton Asylum for Insane Indians, Indian tribes, Medical treatments, Native American customs and tagged herbal healing, medicine woman, Meneminee tribe, shaman on April 19, 2012.

Native American women gathered herbs and created various healing preparations from them in probably every tribe. Some women had a special ability to heal, and became medicine women. Their knowledge went beyond the ordinary, and they devoted a considerable amount of time to perfecting their skills in recognizing and using herbs for curing illness and treating injuries. Women who were successful healers would be rewarded for their efforts with presents, food, and the like, and could become wealthy and respected within their tribes. Europeans were often astonished at how effective Native American medicines were in healing the ills of the day.

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