Cultural activities such as cultural practices around death and grieving, cultural ceremonies and reconnection to land, water, animals and plants are central to healing from trauma, including loss of loved ones. For many peoples, including Native Americans, there is no longer a natural surrounding infrastructure; extended families no longer live in the same house, or even nearby. Indigenous wisdom, in many cases, has been supplanted by the overriding western view of the world (through increasing access to digital media, satellite communication, and increased interaction with peoples of different cultures through tourism and trade), with resultant indigenous knowledge erosion. Among the external factors contributing to knowledge erosion, the market economy is considered to be a major player (Reyes-Garcia et al. 2005). It is often argued that indigenous peoples have lost their traditional ecological knowledge as they become part of the market economy (Godoy et al.) It is imperative that this folk knowledge be collected and retained.