Welcome Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
And
Welcome Fort
Saskatchewan Canada
asking your
question,
Do you offer tobacco
at a native American wedding?
Yes!
Remember
A good Traditional
Spiritual leader uses a lot of tobacco (Kinnick-Kinnick) and charges you
nothing for the service, so yes a good traditional spiritual leader is always
in need of the herbs (Kinnick~ Kinnick).
One should also
remember that a tobacco gift given the correct way is as with any ceremony a
prayer for a blessing to the person receiving your gift from your Creator, so
you can gift these herbs
(Kinnick- Kinnick),
anytime that you feel the need to.
Because a
traditional native American is always giving out these herbs, receiving these
herbs is a blessing to the pocket book of the traditional native American?
Remember our gift
given tobacco is Kinnick~ Kinnick!
Kinnick~ Kinnick.
A group of safe
herbs native to the land where gifting is given?
Shechaim Walkingfox
with Tah, after wedding ceremony
American Native
Wedding Family
Words from a native
American wedding ceremony?
At a time when the
couple is ready and the wedding party is set around the prayer alter each in
turn may exchange their love and vowels to each other, the female has the
choice as to who will start first.
The Spiritual leader
performing the blessed event, in our tribe, will first speak to Creator in our
tongue, then English for each section of the wedding ceremony.
The words chosen by
the couple with the acceptance are not as important as the words by the couple
and the tribal sacred words from the Spiritual leader to the couple and
Creator, what the words are of course is a very guarded secret sacred ceremony.
The Eastern Woodland
American Native Wedding Ceremony, this must be said because this is only
speaking about our people.
There are still over
500 tribes in Indian Country
That have permission
to be recognized and at least as many that the government is still trying to
eliminate by not recognizing.
there are about 500
ways they may have to their native weddings, I have been to many of them.
Our wedding
ceremony, a Traditional Wedding, should be something like many of the others
however, it is not like the Funeral ceremony, because the public may enjoy the
complete ceremony with the permission of the couple.
The beginning and
ending prayer, like most sacred prayers should never be recorded, this is the
leader and the couples request for marriage to Creator and thanks to Creator
after the ceremony.
The prayer can be
filmed just not the words. Only the Spiritual leader and the couple need the
Creators blessing at the beginning, everyone will be blessed by Creator at the
end of the ceremony.
If you are being
groomed for our ceremony please understand, this can take from a few days to at
least a month.
By studying
correctly you will knowing that you will be blessed, remember, only Creator can
bless!
Someone, in the
favor with the couple, should gift a blanket, this person must also attend at
least some of the pre ceremony.
Everyone gifting at
the time of and with the permission of the Spiritual leader and the couple
should attend at least some of the pre ceremony.
Sometimes the
families and/or friends wish to gift a Turtle Rattle, Regalia, Headpiece, Sage,
Sweet grass, and/or Tobacco for the ceremony.
As with the funeral
ceremony, both families can asked to help with the meal after.
Anyone asked to, can
join in the meal and whatever plans after the wedding.
Native American pre
marriage ceremonies
The pre marriage
meetings for our people is not a requirement for marriage, it is a request from
the spiritual leader.
At this meeting the
couple and any member of the soon to be wedding, will learn everything that
will take place on that blessed day, the couple and any person directly
involved will then know what is expected of them by Creator during the wedding.
The couple will
learn where to stand and why, will learn about the regalia and why it is used
and all of the sacred blessings from Creator through your ancestors.
That said, please
remember, whatever happens during the wedding will not be judged, after all it
is a fun, loving, first day for the rest of your lives.
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