One recent afternoon, a group of students and faculty gathered in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences for a workshop on “Traditional Indigenous Medicine.” As they entered the Active ...

A recent podcast by the World Evangelical Alliance’s Peace and Reconciliation Network examined how Indigenous art forms can ...

The integration of indigenous healing practices into contemporary healthcare is paramount, as Western medicine often neglects spiritual and cultural dimensions of healing. Research conducted by Singh ...

In Austin, Texas, Marika Alvarado is attempting to keep the teachings of Indigenous healers alive through the generations. Her work, which was passed down from her mother and grandmother, she realized ...

The home of the Sacred Circles Center in Whittier is inside a small white structure with blue trim. The building doesn’t have a sign in front, but co-founder Jerry Tello says “the people that need to ...

For Marika Alvarado, being a medicine woman wasn’t a choice — it was her destiny. Born in a line of Native American medicine women, her grandmother declared her a healer at birth, and her purpose was ...

For millions of people around the world, traditional medicine is the first place they turn when they are sick.

The knowledge work and art of Indigenous healers and medicine people in Alaska is being featured at the Anchorage Museum. Good Medicine is a multidisciplinary exhibit and includes paintings, ...

Indigenous traditional healing is a whole medical system encompassing a range of holistic treatments used by Indigenous healers to treat many acute and chronic conditions or promote health and ...