A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs

 Gladys Tantaquidgeon's A Study of Delaware Indian Medicine Practice and Folk Beliefs is a landmark in Native American ethnobotany and cultural preservation. A Mohegan anthropologist and medicine woman herself, Tantaquidgeon offers a rare insider's account of the spiritual and medicinal traditions of the Delaware (Lenape) people, based on extensive fieldwork conducted during the early 20th century. This work details herbal remedies, ceremonial practices, and healing rituals, alongside the b