Natalie Sacajawea Hathale

Natalie Hathale is an herbalist, forager, farmer, and writer. With a background in ethnobotany and a professional focus on natural health, she has gathered her food, farming, and wild plant knowledge from her deep Navajo roots. Beyond the Bosque Redondo Indian Reservation, Natalie’s interest in ethnobotany and herbal medicine has taken her across the United States, Canada, and into the Yucatan and mainland Mexico to study plants, people, health, and their connection to place. When she is not in her garden or kitchen, Natalie can be found in the fields and forests, leading foraging plant walks and teaching classes on edible and medicinal wild plants. She forages for her own family, herbal apothecary, and community herbalism practice with her favorite harvesting companion—her dog, Awanata.