Anne White Hat, Sicangu Lakota Herbalist

Anne White Hat is a Sicangu Lakota herbalist who's been working with medicinal herbs and plants for nearly 30 years. With much gratitude, she was mentored Indigenous Zapoteca midwife, curandera and Master Teacher Doña Enriqueta Contreras Contreras from Oaxaca, Mexico whom she brought to Sicangu Lakota territory to share her teachings and inspire our genetic and cultural memory about the importance of Indigenous women's herbalism in our communities. White Hat is the mother of three with many extended children family members in Bvlbancha, the city of New Orleans, where she's lived for 13 years. She is a member of the Indigenous Women's Advisory Council for the L'eau Est La Vie - no Bayou Bridge pipeline resistance camp that held the line against the tail-end of the Dakota Access Pipeline across the prairies and swamps of south Louisiana. She is the lead plaintiff in White Hat vs Landry challenging the amendments to the state's critical infrastructure law aimed at quelling pipeline resistance movements in the state, much like other efforts across the country. She purchased Maypop Herb Shop in January 2022 in her dream fulfilling effort to make and provide quality, affordable herbal medicines.