Chahta Alikchi: The Choctaw Herbal
Oct 2026 · Microcosm Publishing LLC
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Plant medicine is real medicine and it always has been. Chahta imaiyvhohmi (It's the way of the Chahta). This is the first modern exploration of the plant medicine used by contemporary Chahta people (Choctaw in English). It draws on traditional knowledge held and practiced by the authors, as taught to them by their elders and passed down through generations of healers and everyday people who found the medicine they needed in their surroundings. Herbalists Summer Wesley and Dr. Faith G. Harper combine knowledge from their Chahta families and communities with the pre-removal teachings of Alikchi Chahta as recorded by Dr. Gideon Lincecum in the 1820s. They demonstrate the importance of plants and place to overall wellness, showing us how to prepare plants as medicine to support healing during acute illness, create formularies, and specific medicinal uses for 134 particular plants. You'll find properties, uses, and cautions forPlants native to Oklahoma, like hairy goldenasterPlants whose seeds were brought from Mississippi during the removal, like rough rattlesnake rootUseful invasive weeds from around the world, like dandelionThis is a readable and well-researched resource for herbalists, kitchen witches, traditional knowledge seekers, or anyone looking to treat illness outside the U.S. healthcare system.
Plant medicine is real medicine and it always has been. Chahta imaiyvhohmi (It's the way of the Chahta). This is the first modern exploration of the plant medicine used by contemporary Chahta people (Choctaw in English). It draws on traditional knowledge held and practiced by the authors, as taug...
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Dr. Faith G. Harper, ACS, ACN, holds postdoctoral certifications in sexology and applied clinical nutrition and is trained in yoga, meditation, breathwork, mindful movement, and all of those other forms of care that make most people avoid her at parties. In the past, she has worked in academia, community mental health, and private practice as a licensed professional counselor. She maintains a connection with academia through her work with the Society of Indian Psychologists. She lives in San Antonio, TX, with her amazing friends and family and terrible rescue cats. She can be reached through her website, faithgharper.com. Subscribe to the Unfuck Your Brain newsletter to get a discount on her books and zines.Summer Wesley is an outspoken community advocate, driven entrepreneur, and thoughtful artist who lives by the maxim "do no harm, but take no shit". Because she could never decide what she wanted to be when she grew up, she holds degrees in multiple, varied disciplines: Juris Doctor, Master of Arts in Native American Studies, Master of Library & Information Studies, Master of Arts in Administrative Leadership, and Bachelor of Liberal Studies. She hustles hard, is fiercely protective, loves fully, and seeks to help others value their authentic selves. Summer is a Chahta Life-Giver whose creative endeavors have included modeling & acting work for print, film, & stage, in addition to creating in various art mediums. She takes her responsibility to use and preserve her traditional teachings about plant medicine very seriously, and has also long used digital media to continue in the goals of helping people heal and thrive. Her future goals include the destruction of the patriarchy & the obliteration of settler-colonial violence, in all its forms.
Dr. Faith G. Harper, ACS, ACN, holds postdoctoral certifications in sexology and applied clinical nutrition and is trained in yoga, meditation, breathwork, mindful movement, and all of those other forms of care that make most people avoid her at parties. In the past, she has worked in academia, c...
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