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Sassafras * Winahk
For centuries, Native peoples have used the bark, roots, and leaves of the sassafras tree as medicine and flavoring in foot and beverages.
As Native peoples taught settlers how to harvest and use sassafras, demand grew quickly. In the 1700s, it became one of the largest exports to England, second only to tobacco. The Shawnee continue to harvest sassafras today, drinking tea made from the root bark to remove impurities from the blood.
Did you know that sassafras root is used as a flavoring in one of the most popular soft drinks, root beer? |