These First Nations women teach people about natural medicines for healing – CBC

Nov 17, 2025

‘You have to believe in medicines so they work,’ says Margaret Keewatin

It’s been more than 10 years since Cortney Bear first learned natural medicine teachings at a camp in Manitoba, doing her rites of passage.

She was taught which plants are medicines and how to use them in hopes that she would become a teacher herself or a helper.

Now she shares her knowledge in Regina on what traditional medicines to use when it comes to menstruation and pregnancy.