Presentations

I really enjoyed listening and watching the presentations from last Thursday. Nice work to all the groups that went, it will help me plan and organize my presentation for when I have to go. I really enjoyed the first group that went and presented on Native American Medicine. I thought you guys did a great job on explaining the evolvement of both physical and mental health in Native American Medicine. I thought that it was interesting that in the 19^th century 60% of medicine had influences from Native American medicine and also contained the same herbs that Native Americans used. I enjoyed learning about the Medicine Wheel and how it gave guidance for treatments, and also showed a balance of mental and physical health. I enjoyed learning about the possible connection between Alexie’s poems and the Native American Medicine Wheel. I thought the presentation on Native American Medicine lead right into the second presentation Native American Health concerns. It was interesting to learn that the Indian Health Service provides health care and insurance to 565 tribes. I was surprised to learn that some of the illnesses like diabetes, have been caused by Americans. I believe that we need to provide more help to Native American clinics to help repay them for the illnesses that we have brought upon them. I believe that all the presentations were very informational and all the groups provided great entertaining and engaging presentations.