AD 10001600 Native Americans lived in the southeastern area of North America Long ago Native Americans needed doctors just like we do today Mississippian Indian doctors were called ID: 688392
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Medicine ManSlide2
During the Mississippian time period
(AD
1,000-1,600), Native Americans lived in the southeastern area of North America.Slide3
Long ago, Native Americans needed doctors just like we do today.
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Mississippian Indian doctors were called “medicine men” or “
shaman
.” Slide5
Medicine men used many different types of plants to heal the sick.Slide6
Leaves, stems, flowers, roots, berries and other plant parts were used to cure sicknesses such as colds, cough, fever, asthma, and insect bites. These plants are called
medicinal plants
.Slide7
Medicine men would carry their supplies in a leather medicine bag. They believed this bag had special powers to heal.Slide8
Mississippian medicine men lived and worked in buildings called mounds.
These mounds were made of dirt.Slide9
During this time period, medicine men did not use writing tools like journals to write down what they did or used. We only know stories their ancestors have told over the years.Slide10
Today, doctors called herbalists use plants and other natural items to cure illnesses. They use many of the same plants medicine men used during the Mississippian time period.
Some people believe that herbal medicines are safer to use than chemical medicine most doctors prescribe. Slide11
Although most people visit the doctor when they get sick, many medicinal plants may be growing in your neighborhood or community.