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Online Beginning Level Traditional Plant Medicine Workshop

Wednesday, June 10, 2020
5:30 pm7:30 pm
online class

Join Megan Schnitker from Lakota Made for a workshop focused on traditional medicinal plants and remedies in an online format!

Description:
For thousands of years Indigenous people survived off the land. In the last 100 years many of the Traditional Plant medicine knowledge has been lost due to genocide, loss of culture and boarding schools. Megan L. Schnitker has been researching for 14+ years on Tradition Plant Medicine and wild Edibles their common uses, traditional uses, and modern applications for sustainable living.
Expectations and Goals
The goal of this class is to bring basic awareness of the use of plants through story and education. The class is a beginning level class that will have 15 plants to begin to cover, this class will not leave you an expert in these plants but give you a basic guide to begin learning about them. It is recommended to take this class more than once.
Goals
1. Basic understanding that common “weeds” are often useful
2. Easy to identify plant edibles and medicinals
3. Basic First Aid plants
4. Common backyard edibles
5. Time for Questions and Answers Required Materials

Instructor will provide a PowerPoint presentation with common names, scientific names, and if possible Lakota Names.

Participants are responsible for their own notebooks and writing utensils

Traditional Medicines Class Beginner Plant Guide – Updated Versions for Purchase

Due to the COVID-19 Outbreak- we are offering an online version of this event. Those who register will receive the webinar link!
We look forward to connecting with you virtually.

Cost: $15