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The Indians in the Americas knew about beet long before the Europeans settied there (2,3). The South American Indians brewed a variety of starch-containing plants, eg, batate, com, yams, peanuts, banana, and manioca. 

J. M. Cooper, "Stimulants and Narcotics," Handbook of South American Indians Washington, D.C., 1949. 

I Precedence must in fact be given to the South American Indians to whom platinum was available only in the form of fine, hand-separated grains which must have been fabricated by ingenious, if crude, powder metallurgy. 

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In Biomedical Challenges Presented to the American Indian. Washington, DC, Pan American Health Organization, Scientific Publication 165 114-119. 

Over the next 30 years, Patterson used mass spectroscopy and clean laboratory techniques to demonstrate the pervasiveness of lead pollution. He traced the relationships between America s gas pump and its tuna sandwiches, between Roman slaves and silver dimes, and between Native American Indians and polar snows. He forged as close a connection between science and public policy as any physical scientist outside of medical research. He made the study of global pollution a quantitative science. And marrying his stubborn determination to his passionate conviction that science ought to serve society, Patterson never budged an inch. 

The family Sapindaceae consists of 140 genera and 1500 species of trees widespread in tropical and subtropical regions. Classic examples of Sapindaceae are the fruit trees Nephelium lappaceum L. and Litchi chinensis Sonn., which provide rambutan and litchi, respectively. Chemically Sapindaceae are well known to abound with saponins and tannins. An example of ornamental Sapindaceae is Koelreuteria paniculata L., or golden rain tree, cultivated in temperate regions. The berries of Sapindus saponaria L., were used as soap by South American Indians, hence the origin of the word Sapindus from sapo and Indus or the soap of the Indies. 

Other indications Maste Natives and certain American Indian populations and residents of nursing homes or other longterm care facilities. 

Bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids are dimeric benzyltetrahydroisoquinoline alkaloids that are known for their pharmacological activities. A well-described example is the muscle relaxant (+)-tubocurarine, which in crude form serves as an arrow poison for South American Indian tribes. In the biosynthesis of this broad class of dimeric alkaloids, it has been postulated that the mechanism of phenol coupling proceeds by generation of phenolate radicals followed by radical pairing to form either an inter- or intramolecular C - O or C - C bond. Enzyme studies on the formation of bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloids indicated that a cytochrome P-450-dependent oxidase catalyzes C - O bound formation in the biosynthesis of berbamunine in Berberis cell suspension culture.15 This enzyme, berbamunine synthase (CYP80A1), is one of the few cytochromes P-450 that can be purified to... 

Individuals from communities of color are more likely to be uninsured than non-Hispanic whites. Over one-third of Hispanics (37%) are uninsured. They are three times more likely to be uninsured than non-Hispanic whites. Nearly one-fourth of African Americans and one-fifth of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) (Veenstra and Higashi, 2000) and American Indian/Alaskan Natives (AI/AN) are uninsured (Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation, 2002). 

Structures 23, 24. Harman (82) and norharman (83) have been isolated from cigarette smoke (175), and Janiger and deRios (122) have suggested that some of the tobacco-induced altered states reported by South American Indians might be related to the cumulative effects of these beta-carbolines. 

N-Monoalkyltryptamines are another group of agents that have not received much attention. N-Methyltryptamine (27) and its 5-methoxy derivative 36 have been detected as constituents of plant materials used by certain South American Indians as hallucinogenic snuffs (109). Because these plant materials are also known to possess the established hallucinogens N,N-dimethyltryptamine (DMT 37) and 5-OMeDMT and since neither N-methyltryptamine (27) nor 5-methoxy-N-methyltryptamine (36) has been studied in the pure form, the effect of these latter two agents in man is presently unknown. 

Holmstedt, B. (1965) Tryptamine derivatives in Epena, an intoxicating snuff used by some South American Indians. Arch. Ini. Pharmacodyn. Ther., 156 285-305. 

American Indians/ Alaska Natives Marijuana (8.0%) Prescription drugs (2.3%) Hallucinogens (0.2%)... 

Note For some racial-ethnic groups with small populations (such as American Indians and Native Hawaiians), the percentages may not be as accurate as those for larger groups because of sampling techniques. 

I also travel to Indian powwows where I now play the drums and dance, but since my voice was messed up, I don t sing like I used to. I help the Boy Scouts to become Eagle Scouts, and I am a puppeteer. I also go to schools, churches, Veteran Administration and other hospitals, and colleges where I put on my presentation for the Native American Indian. I just turned sixty years old, but in the weekend of June 10, 2006, for three days I qualified for rope rescue in water rescue operations. I don t really feel sixty years old because the Lord gave my life a purpose. 

When I got involved in the Indian community I started publishing a tabloid called The Portland Indian News. One story I published was called Does MCS Affect American Indians in Higher Numbers The story ended with a big question mark, and was picked up by News from Indian Country, a bimonthly Native paper circulated in all fifty states, the Canadian provinces and eight foreign countries. 

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American Indian Myths and Legends by Richard Erdoes and Alfonso Ortiz... 

Annatto seeds have long been used by the South American Indians as a traditional medicine for healing of wounds, skin eruptions, healing of bums, and... 

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