Healing Hands Exhibit
The Healing Hands exhibit in the Mezzanine Gallery on the second floor of the Coos History Museum explores the history of medicine in Coos County. This exhibit features a large sampling of the various establishments, people, tools, and continuing indigenous traditional medicinal practices that contributed to the health of Southern Oregon Coast communities since the 1800s.
This exhibit will be open from February 19, 2022 through the end of 2022.
Indigenous Medicinal Plant Names and Pronunciation
xap / hap / water
Hanis: xap’
Miluk: hap
maha’wai / txai / red elderberry
Hanis: maha’wai
Miluk: txai
lishwat / blue elderberry
Hanis: lishwat
hlnakatii / fireweed
Hanis & Miluk: hlnakatii
Oregon grape
wixainii / dzuudzuua / ts’xat’at’ / Pacific blackberry
Hanis: wixainii
Miluk: dzuudzuua
Siuslaw: ts’xat’at’
muuxwtsii’ne / wild rose
Hanis: muuxwtsii’ne
wegenhl / shichils / myrtle tree & myrtle nut
Hanis: wegenhl
Hanis & Miluk: shichils
dahamp / dahai / chiiyuus / tobacco
Hanis: dahamp
Miluk: dahai
Siuslaw: chiiyuus
