Hi Mary,
How did
>native populations deal with this? (poison oak)

Usually a plant called dock grows close to where the poison oak grows (in
BC). Dock has bushy leaves like collard greens or kale. Simply rub the dock
on the affected area and the sting goes away. The perfect antidote is
supplied in nature.

Paleobest,
Susan

>  Or were there diets so natural that
>these type of poisons did not bother them as much as they do  some of us?

Now that I am natural, bee stings do not bother me like they did but
stinging nettles and the rest still bite....