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FOR THE PAST TWENTY-NINE YEARS, ARTIST PAM LETT HAS WORKED WITH ACRYLICS, PEN AND INK, CHARCOAL AND PASTELS. HER INTEREST IN INDIAN ART COMES FROM THE FAMILY'S MIXED HERITAGE OF CHEROKEE, GERMAN, ENGLISH, AND SCOTCH-IRISH.
IN RESEARCHING HER ARTWORK MATERIAL, SHE ALSO CAME ACROSS SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION ABOUT CHEROKEE BELIEFS AND HEALING, USING NATURE'S REMEDIES. WE HOPE YOU ENJOY READING ABOUT THEM AS MUCH AS WE HAVE.
A CHEROKEE TALE EXPLAINS THAT THE NEED FOR MEDICINE BEGAN BECAUSE MAN PROFOUNDLY OFFENDED THE ANIMALS BY KILLING THEM FOR FOOD, AND CROWDING THEM OUT OF THEIR TERRITORY. IN A SERIES OF SEPERATE COUNCILS, THE DEER, BEARS, FISH, REPTILES, BIRDS AND INSECTS PLOTTED THEIR REVENGE ON MAN. AMONG OTHER PUNISHMENTS DEVISED WAS A GREAT VARIETY OF DISEASES THAT THE ANIMALS WOULD VISIT ON THEIR HUMAN ENEMY.
WHEN THE PLANTS, WHO WERE FRIENDLY TO MAN, HEARD WHAT HAD BEEN DONE BY THE ANIMALS, THEY DETERMINED TO HELP MAN AND DEFEAT THE ANIMALS' EVIL DESIGNS. EACH TREE, SHRUB, HERB AND GRASS AGREED TO FURNISH A CURE FOR SOME OF THE DISEASES NAMED. THUS CAME MEDICINE. WHEN THE DOCTOR DOES NOT KNOW WHAT MEDICINE TO USE FOR A SICK PERSON, THE SPIRIT OF THE PLANT TELLS HIM.
SOME PHARMACOLOGISTS TODAY BELIEVE THAT THE INDIAN'S KNOWLEDGE OF HERBAL CURATIVES EQUALED AND PERHAPS EVEN SURPASSED MODERN MAN'S EXPERTISE WITH NATURAL DRUGS.
THE SACRED WEED TOBACCO, WAS SO IMPORTANT TO THE INDIANS THAT ALMOST NO PUBLIC CEREMONY COULD TAKE PLACE WITHOUT IT. CHEROKEE MEDICINE MEN SQUEEZED IT'S JUICE ON BEE STINGS AND SNAKEBITES. IT'S LEAVES WERE BOILED TO MAKE A TEA TO CURE THE FEVER. IT WAS USED TO CLEAR THE MIND, CALM THE SOUL, STAVE OFF HUNGER, WARD OFF EVIL , CAST OUT WITCHES AND HEAL THE SICK. SO POTENT WERE IT'S EFFECTS, THAT WHEN SOMEONE ROSE IN COUNCIL WITH A PIPE IN HIS HAND, HIS LISTENERS KNEW HE WOULD SPEAK ONLY THE TRUTH.
A CHEROKEE WHO WISHED TO REKINDLE HIS WIFE'S LOVE, APPROACHED HER WHEN SHE WAS ASLEEP AND RUBBED A MIXTURE OF TOBACCO AND SALIVA OVER HER BODY WHILE HE PRONOUNCED THE NECESSARY INCANTATION.
