Kalamazoo Valley Foodways Symposium
April 4th and 5th
https://kalamazoofoodways.org/
Using Medicinal Herbs for Natural Pain Relief
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Burtchville Township Library
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Plants Used By the Anishinabek of the Great Lakes
Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: G. Lynn Campbell Library
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Using Medicinal Herbs for Natural Pain Relief
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: St. Clair Library
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Plants Used By the Anishinabek of the Great Lakes
Date: Wednesday, April 16, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Algonac-Clay Library
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Using Medicinal Herbs for Natural Pain Relief
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM
Location: Don Dodge Auditorium (Main Library)
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Plants Used By the Anishinabek of the Great Lakes
Date: Thursday, April 17, 2025
Time: 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Location: Ira Township Library
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Toronto SIAL
April 29th to May 1st.
May 30th - June 1st
Northwoods Nature Fest
Wolverine, MI
September 5th - 7th (Tentative)
Great Lakes Herb Faire
Chelsea, MI
September 12th -16th
International Herb Symposium
Cleveland, OH
Nathan Wright aka Spirit man from the Sun is available for speaking engagements. His topics include: Indigenous Herbalism, Gardening medicinal herbal plants, Mushrooms, Indigenous history, perspectives and politics. His audiences have been grade school children, University students all the way up to our respected elders.
(Spiritual name: Spiritman from the Sun or Giizus Su Win en eh) of the Crane Clan, is a tribal member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians with First Nations ancestry.
Nathan is a descendant of medicine people from both of his Indigenous parents.
Nathan continues his ancestors’ legendary plant medicine work by ethically wild harvesting and making medicines from the same areas as his ancestors.
He is the owner of the Herbal Lodge, which is a USA made, certified Native American and veteran owned company focusing on natural/organic skin care, pain relief and medicinal tea products using natural/organic and wild harvested herbs or mushroom ingredients. He has traveled the world in support of his business.
He is an Indigenous Herbalist and certified mushroom expert.
Residing in Petoskey Michigan Nathan is a firm believer of his Anishinabek cultural teachings. “If you do things in a good way, good things will happen,” is one of his favorite teachings. He offers many online videos for culture and herbal teachings.
Wright is a board member of United Plant Savers. And a proud Father of his daughter Autumn.
He is working on a YouTube or possibly TV show about plant medicines and indigenous culture.
He is a water protector, was at Standing Rock. And continues to work on getting oil pipelines of Michigan and beyond.
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Herbal Lodge
As a Water Protector
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