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Placenta & natives

 
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placenta consumption amongst postpartum natives--did they do it?
 
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I can't see why on earth they wouldn't have. Why waste such a nutrient dense food source? I know I heard once about indigenous women eating the placenta for post partum bleeding, which it certainly helps with, but I have no idea anymore where I read that.
 
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