Tobacco as a gift.

The question being asked the most today is still about tobacco, so we, the Native Americans answering that question are still not answering it well enough?

Tobacco used by my ancestors, Traditional Native Americans from New England was not Cigarettes, it was, it is, and should always be herbs found or grown by the Tribal Clan Grandmother with help from the Tribal Clan Mothers.

These herbs are called Kinnick. Kinnick ( our native word for tobacco).

This tobacco is used for anything sacred like, prayer, ceremonies like naming, funeral's, weddings, powwows, gatherings, pot luck, paw, paus and so on., gifting, cleansing us and the area around us.

I have many blogs and websites about our tobacco however, if my answers leaves you with more questions please Email me at sachemuncas at centurylink.net ( It is written this way to spoil spammers spiders.

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/tobacco-as-traditional-native-american.html

http://home.earthlink.net/~sachemuncas/powwows/id9.html

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/native-american-gifting-tobacco-to_14.html

http://sachemspeaks.wordpress.com/2011/07/02/kinnick-kinnick/

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2011/07/native-american-gift-giving.html

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2011/05/tobacco-sweet-grass-sage-herbs-and.html

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2011/06/adoption-into-tribe.html

http://mysmudgingblog.blogspot.com/2011/02/naming-ceremony-protocol.html

Just to name a few.

My ancestors were simple common sense people.

Their tobacco was grown without chemicals, the ancestors did not need them!

Today our elders know that cigarettes cause cancer, even if they smoke, someone that they know and love has died a horrible death from this cancer.

Please do not insult them by an offering of a cancer causing cigarette.

Will you please use Kinnick~ Kinnick (herbs)?