The blue flag iris is significant to many Native American tribes, including the Cherokee, who use it for medicinal and ...

Native American medicine gardens, which include herbs for making teas ... and herbs like sweet grass, sage and tobacco. The plants are used for healing teas and ceremonies, he said. Students, teachers ...

Peyote has been used spiritually in ceremonies, and as a medicine by ... the peyote plant itself is a deity, personified as Peyote Spirit. The Native American Church is not one unified entity ...

Hiking columnist Susan Anderson tells about a treasure hunt she went on last spring to see a rare plant with stinky flowers.