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Wednesday - November 29, 2006
From: Mclaughlin, SD
Region: Midwest
Topic: Medicinal Plants
Title: Information on medicinal plant uses by Dakota Indians
Answered by: Nan Hampton
QUESTION:
I would like to know what the plants were that were used for medicinal purposes by the plains Indians in the Dakotas. Is there a place/site that I can go to to research the data?ANSWER:
The University of Michigan-Dearborn has an excellent database, Native American Ethnobotany, that should be just what you are looking for.More Medicinal Plants Questions
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