Plants and Their Stories and the Importance of Outdoor Education
Linwood Tall Bull
Linwood Tall Bull is an enrolled member of the Northern Cheyenne tribe who has spent over 30 years working with the tribal health programs and the elderly programs as the director of the Shoulder Blade Independent Living Center. Linwood has been a teacher of medical programs in hospitals, teaching doctors how to diagnose native patients using Indian sign language. Linwood is an active member of an ancient warrior Society; their role is to preserve our culture and traditional beliefs. Linwood’s Cheyenne name is Ho’neh’eso, which means Young Wolf. He now teaches Ethnobotany and other cultural courses at Chief Dull Knife College.
Randall Tall Bull
Randall James Tall Bull, H’aest’ohena’hane (Many Kills), is a skilled craftsman of traditional tools, weaponry, and ancient skills. Randall has shared the teaching of the ethnobotany summer course at Chief Dull knife College. Randall will carry on the teachings of his father Linwood Tall Bull and grandfather William Tall Bull. Randall has collected artifacts for the Buffalo trunk, which is a hands-on teaching tool that will be used by schools to bring awareness of the importance of the Buffalo and the Indian people.