Leaves and berries were collected and brewed to make herbal teas to treat colds, headaches, joint pain, stomach aches and other ailments. The berries were eaten only as a last resort. The fibrous bark could become padding for craddleboards, woven into sandals or clothing, plaited into cordage,...
Daut invited residents to the Tuba City chapter house, the Navajo equivalent of a town hall. By then, Laura had graduated from high school with a special-education diploma. Linnie’s legs had worsened, and she often wept in pain. Lois put hot sand in a blue flour bag to soothe her you...