Alma Hogan Snell
Encyclopedia
Alma Hogan Snell was an American
Crow
tribal historian
, educator, and herbalist
. She was the granddaughter of Pretty Shield
.
Snell lectured throughout the United States on the healing properties and benefits of plants, as well as on the subject of health and wellbeing. She also authored two books: A Taste of Heritage and Grandmother’s Grandchild: My Crow Indian Life.
Alma Hogan Snell died in Billings, Montana
, at the age of 85 on May 5, 2008. She was a resident of Yellowtail, Montana.
United States
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Crow
Crow Nation
The Crow, also called the Absaroka or Apsáalooke, are a Siouan people of Native Americans who historically lived in the Yellowstone River valley, which extends from present-day Wyoming, through Montana and into North Dakota. They now live on a reservation south of Billings, Montana and in several...
tribal historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
, educator, and herbalist
Herbalist
An herbalist is:#A person whose life is dedicated to the economic or medicinal uses of plants.#One skilled in the harvesting and collection of medicinal plants ....
. She was the granddaughter of Pretty Shield
Pretty Shield
Pretty Shield was a medicine woman of the Crow Nation. Her autobiography was written with the help of Frank B. Linderman, who interviewed her using an interpreter and sign language. This book was perhaps the first record of the women’s side of Native American life...
.
Snell lectured throughout the United States on the healing properties and benefits of plants, as well as on the subject of health and wellbeing. She also authored two books: A Taste of Heritage and Grandmother’s Grandchild: My Crow Indian Life.
Alma Hogan Snell died in Billings, Montana
Billings, Montana
Billings is the largest city in the U.S. state of Montana, and is the principal city of the Billings Metropolitan Area, the largest metropolitan area in over...
, at the age of 85 on May 5, 2008. She was a resident of Yellowtail, Montana.