Meda DeWitt is interviewed by Jennifer Andrulli on October 28, 2022.

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Personal Author:

DeWitt, Meda, interviewee.

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Ethnobotany, ethnomedicine and traditional healing Project Jukebox

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Event Note:

Recorded via Zoom with Meda DeWitt in Anchorage, Alaska and Jennifer Andrulli in Soldotna, Alaska on October 28, 2022.

Abstract:

Meda DeWitt talks about her work as a traditional healer and the plants she uses. She also discusses the impacts of colonization on Alaska Native cultural systems, in particular that of traditional medicine and traditional healers. She also discusses the importance of understanding Indigenous language terms and perspectives, traditional agricultural methods, and transplanting of indigenous plants.

Personal Subject:

DeWitt, Meda-Interviews.

DeWitt, Meda-Childhood and youth.

DeWitt, Meda-Family.

DeWitt, Meda-Knowledge and learning.

Kwagaley, Oscar, Dr.

Kawagley, Tamaree.

Sam, Bob.

Blumenstein, Rita Pitka.

Ballantyne, Kelly.

Rogers, Monty.

Corporate Subject:

Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium.

Alaska Pacific University.

University of Alaska Anchorage.

Morningside Hospital (Portland, Or.)

Subject Term:

Alaska Natives -- Interviews.

Tlingit Indians -- Interviews.

Indian women healers -- Interviews.

Herbalists -- Interviews.

Educators -- Interviews.

Women healers -- Alaska.

Alaska Natives -- Ethnobotany.

Tlingit Indians -- Ethnobotany.

Ethnobotany -- Alaska.

Ethnobotany -- Study and teaching -- Alaska.

Traditional medicine -- Alaska.

Alaska Natives -- Medicine.

Tlingit Indians -- Medicine.

Alaska Natives -- Health and hygiene.

Traditional ecological knowledge -- Alaska.

Shamans.

Spirituality.

Matriarchy -- Alaska.

Alaska Natives -- Colonization.

Settler colonialism -- Alaska.

Indians of North America -- First contact with other peoples -- Alaska.

Russians -- Alaska -- History.

Alaska Natives -- Social conditions -- History.

Alaska Natives -- Rites and ceremonies.

Tlingit Indians -- Rites and ceremonies.

Alaska Natives -- Religion -- History.

Alaska Natives -- Social life and customs.

Human-plant relationships.

Missionaries -- Alaska.

Christianity -- Alaska.

Healing.

Indian women healers.

Elders (Indigenous leaders) -- Alaska.

Psychic trauma -- Alaska.

Plants, Useful -- Harvesting -- Alaska.

Sustainable agriculture -- Alaska.

Hedysarum.

Honeybee.

Endemic plants -- Pollination.

Endemic plants -- Conservation -- Alaska.

Wild plants, Edible -- Alaska.

Medicinal plants -- Alaska.

Alaska Natives -- Food.

Tlingit Indians -- Food.

Gardening.

Respect.

Conduct of life.

Nature -- Climatic factors -- Alaska.

Climatic changes -- Alaska.

Geographic Term:

Alaska -- History.

Anchorage (Alaska)

Alaska, Southcentral.

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Born digital WAV file.

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Library	Call Number	Type	Status
Searching... Electronic Resources	ORAL HISTORY 2006-02-34	Online	Searching... Unknown
Searching... UAF Rasmuson	ORAL HISTORY 2021-02-34	eAudio	Searching... Unknown

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