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Native American Medicine

The gathered information passed down from Grandmother to medicine man or woman over thousands of years by the many North American tribes is now called collectively Native American Medicine.  Some of the practices and remedies are from specific tribes but more often these are all gathered together and the origin of a specific treatment has been lost among the ages. As well it should be perhaps for the tribes of North America all believed one thing in common that we are all at one with every other living thing in the sky and earth and the elements are here for us to draw on their strength and cure disease if only we would stand still long enough to listen. We are talking about medical practices over 40 000 years old. Traditions cures dances and remedies handed down through orally within a family and tribe. It is an interesting fact that the Native American Medicine tradition was going on around the same time as TCM Traditional Chinese Medicine on the other side of the world and that both these traditions of practicing medicine are similar to Ayurveda medicine from India in yet another part of the world. All are based on...
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Authenticity of Eskimo Inuit Art & Native Indian Art

Both Inuit Eskimo art and Native American art have gained international recognition as valuable art forms over the past few decades. However the rising popularity of both Inuit Eskimo art and Native American art has resulted in the increased proliferation of imitations and mass produced reproductions of original Native arts. Some obvious fakes are made in Asia from molds where the finished pieces are forms of plastic resin or ceramic. Other fakes are actually made of cast stone simulating actual Inuit Eskimo art carvings and wood for imitation Native American carvings. These fakes which are harder to distinguish from authentic artwork are often hand carved reproductions of an original piece of artwork. Workshops have illegally reproduced hundreds of copies without the artisan’s permission. The counterfeiting companies would then attach some type of tag that claims the fake pieces were influenced by aboriginal artisans and even background information on the Native designs used in the artwork. Some even go as far as adding in Inuit syllabics on the bottom of the fake Inuit Eskimo art carvings. These are very deceptive tactics on their part since they give the consumers the impression that the imitations are authentic and income producing for the...
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