The women sat in a circle — their eyes closed and their ears tuned into the soothing voice of Donna La Chapelle. "Soft," she coached, as the handful of mostly American Indian women in their 60s ...

While some might dismiss humor as frivolous, being able to find amusement even during times of trial is a value among Native American cultures. In fact—it’s a pathway to healing, says UC San Diego ...

Native American communities suffer from some of the highest rates of addiction and overdose deaths in the country, and health experts have long argued that Western medicine alone cannot adequately ...

Peyote has been used spiritually in ceremonies, and as a medicine by Native American people for millennia. It contains several psychoactive compounds, primarily mescaline, which is a hallucinogen.

and not only for Native American Chicagoans. “Anybody’s welcome to come,” said Paul Molina, chef and project coordinator for the Food is Medicine program. His family background is Mexican ...

Native Americans who receive care from the Indian ... Richmond 4 Department of Internal Medicine, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond 5 Department of Human and Molecular ...