We Know Who We Are and What Is Needed: Achieving Healing, Harmony and Balance in Ndee Institutions

Summary

This is an abstract from the "Medicine and Healing in the Americas: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives" session, at the 84th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology.

Ndee perceptions of the past bear directly on the present. Our institutions—lifeways, worldviews and overall continued well-being—are contingent upon our relationship to the land in the form of access, prayer, offerings, power acquisition and overall reciprocity. Intergenerational, ecological and environmental commitment are essential components to maintain and ensure such relationships. In reference to how archaeology and the ethnohistorical narrative can inform the topic of ancient medicine and healing, our paper will explore the intricate braiding of intergenerational knowledge informing contemporary medicinal and healing practices in Ndee contexts. Such institutional practices are inseparable from management and preservation of Ndee cultural heritage resources. Although archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence can provide useful glimpses into the ancient medicinal and healing practices we feel that such longstanding knowledge systems and practices are innately and intricately engrained within Ndee communities. Although such knowledge is not always called upon, various forms are continually used to heal and provide balance and harmony.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• Medicine and Healing in the Americas: Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Perspectives   •
• Society for American Archaeology 84th Annual Meeting, Albuquerque, NM (2019)

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Abstract Id(s): 25862