In the mid-18th century, white self-proclaimed "medicine men" coopted and then attempted to sell their herbal remedies as cures passed down from Native people, indicating the power of the Native-as-herbalist ideal in colonial culture.
In the mid-18th century, white self-proclaimed "medicine men" coopted and then attempted to sell their herbal remedies as cures passed down from Native people, indicating the power of the Native-as-herbalist ideal in colonial culture.