Armed with herbs and yogurt, a Maine healer treated hundreds of people at Standing Rock

PORTLAND, Maine — In early November, an herbalist from Whitefield was drawn to the sacred Standing Rock Indian Reservation to join those protesting the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

“I just kept dreaming that I was there, over and over,” said 45-year-old Lauren Pignatello, who owns Milk and Honey Cafe of Swallowtail Farm in Portland’s East Bayside neighborhood.

She recently returned to Maine after three weeks at Standing Rock, where she tended to injured activists on the front lines.

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