Mother Nature’s medicine cabinet lay in the Montana wilderness for which the native tribes have utilized for centuries. The plethora of trees, shrubs, and flowers offered countless remedies for whatever ailed them. Teas made from pine needles, chewing on the roots of various plants, and inhaling smoke, are just some of the methods the Flathead, Kootenai, Cheyenne, and other Indians employed for relieving colds, illnesses, and other afflictions. One plant could cure or treat a multitude of ailments and there were many plants at their disposal. Montana Indians could prescribe almost anything from their vast forest
