Teaching Native American Tobacco

Sault Sainte Marie Ontario Canada

http://www.city.sault-ste-marie.on.ca/

Looking for tobacco native teachings

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

Teaching Native American Tobacco from a New England Eastern Woodland Tribal point of view only.

Tobacco, the herb now used in cigarettes before any chemicals are added, has been one of many herbs used in our culture, ONE OF MANY, I felt that that needed to be repeated.

Grand Clan Mothers have gathered this herb and others that Spiritual leaders have used since long before our written words.

If one were to smoke or chew this herb, one would never become addicted to it.

This herb (Tobacco) was never used in ceremonies by itself, it was a mix of many herbs and mixed accordingly for each ceremony, it was the Europeans that started this chemical mix for smoking.

My Grandfather and Grandmother had a very large tobacco garden in Uncasvillage for many years, of course they also grew the rest of the herbs needed for our ceremonies.