Animal Medicine Class with Paul Red Elk (Second of Two Classes)
As part of our Nature for Life series and National Native American Heritage Month, we are
honored and have a rare opportunity to be working with Dr. Paul Red Elk to present a 2-night
Animal Medicine course. Paul has taught this course 4 times and he will not teach this course
for another 3 years!
Join us to discuss, from the Native American point of view, where his ancestors came from,
creation stories and the animals tied to them. He will also talk about the first four sacred herbs,
the four sacred directions and if humans take on animal characteristics. Again, this is a special
opportunity for our nature center.
Dr. Red Elk is a Lakota medicine man who has been an integral part of Sally Manzara
Interpretive Nature Center and a major contributor to our Native American exhibit. He not only
donates a lot of his time to us, but he also shares his depth of knowledge about plant medicine,
animal medicine, the keeper of seeds and native ways.
Details:
● Cost: $150 for two evenings ($10 off if you sign up before November 8th, registration link below)
● Mondays – November 10th and November 17th from 6 – 8:30 p.m.
● This program is geared towards adults. There will be a lot of discussions and information
that may not keep the interest of young ones.
● You can take as many notes and ask as many questions as you like. We do ask that you
refrain from recording the sessions out of respect for Dr. Red Elk.
● Will provide some nibbles!
If you have any questions, please reach out to Verity Davis, the programs manager, at
verity.davis@sminc-lake-elmo.org.
Paul Red Elk is a member of the Mnikoju Lakota tribe (pronounced Miniconjou (plants by
water)); He is of the grizzly bear clan and grew up on the Rosebud Reservation in South Dakota.
He was trained as a traditional Lakota herbalist and medicine man from childhood by his
grandparents. Paul is also trained in Dakota, Anishinaabe, Ho Chunk, Chippewa, Onida, Sac and
Fox. Additionally, he is trained in Western Herbalism.
Red Elk has his own private practice and is a well-known and respected teacher of native
herbalism as well as a teacher of teachers, with vast knowledge and the clinical experience of a
lifetime. He is also a clinical herbalist serving the American Indian Community.
Paul Red Elk’s career has included a stint as a professor at Minneapolis Community and
Technical College in the herbal studies program from 2006-2018. Historically, Paul has spent
summers teaching American Indian youth at Pipestone, the American Magnet School, and the American Indian Magnet Summer School Special Youth Program from 2006-2015. He has also
consulted on restoring numerous natural prairies using small bison herds to assist in several
restoration projects. One of the projects Paul worked on was the Prairie Restoration Project in
Hixton, Wisconsin from 2002-2004.
Paul Red Elk is the voice of true Northern American Indian herbalism. He is one of the last truly
traditionally trained medicine men alive today.
To register, follow this link: https://checkout.square.site/merchant/JBQZ1MPNQJPN3/checkout/EPD3PCEJQ7S6KNWGI6HQS3UQ