The Native American Health and Medicine talk was very interesting talk given by David G. Hilmey from St. Bonaventure University. He focused on Ethnoscience, which looks at the indigenous knowledge systems to connect culture with science. He is a synthetic organic chemist. He focused on The Seneca tribe, which is about 8,000 citizens. In particular, the Faithkeepers School. The course he focused on was medicine and health. A issue he came across was the youth not being involved in the Seneca Culture, instead focusing on the American culture. His class met once a week for 2.5 hours, because they traveled frequently. He mentioned different natural plants, and why they were used by the Native Americans. One example is taxol is used to treat cancer.
