I wish I knew more about my great-grandmother Margaret, who wore her hair in long braids and was the woman in her community who would go into the forest and gather herbs for medicine. With knowledge inherited from her own mother and the local Native Americans, or Original People as I now know they prefer to be called, she knew which herbs and roots to pick from the forest to make natural cures. She also knew some of the tribal dances, which she taught to her children.
