Welcome London,
Ontario, Canada
Tobacco (Herbs) as a
Traditional Native American Gift.
4/8/11
I am not sure is you
know that, in spite of the distance from London Ontario to Uncasvillage USA,
natives (the first people of the area, could still be related.
First
Our people came from
the Great Lakes Area.
Second
Our people were
forced to leave our land over on the east coast in and around Uncasvillage
because of the brutal treatment from the invading intruded from the east.
Tobacco (Herbs) as a
Traditional Native American Gift.
That said, Tobacco
(Kinnick Kinnick), might be gifted the same in both areas.
"Tobacco
(Herbs)
as a
Traditional Native
American
Gift.
Because tobacco
seems to be one of the most asked questions, I will write about this today.
Please understand
that when talking about Traditional Tobacco Gift,
I write only as a
traditionalist,
Therefore, tobacco
is Kinnick - Kinnick (Herbs),
Tobacco no one would
ever enjoy smoking.
A tobacco plant is
an organic herb and always included into Kinnick - Kinnick before any type of
chemical is used on it before or after picking.
Please also
remember, there is nothing sacred about any chemical, they are all poison so,
what you would be saying if gifting just a cigarettes as tobacco to this person
is, have some poison!
Tobacco that is used
in our pipe ceremonies and as a gift is called Kinnick - Kinnick.
At no time will a
Traditional Native American encourage smoking non-native tobacco poisoned by
chemicals, we use organic herbs only!
This herb can be
found almost anywhere around your area for free.
If it is native to
your area, natives in your area used it as their tobacco, Kinnick - Kinnick.
Sacred Kinnick -
Kinnick should never be sold so make sure that no one tells you that it has
been blessed and then tries to sell it to you are just trying to get more money
out of you!
On Friday February
4, 2011 on this blog, I wrote, "Tobacco should only be used as a
gift"
Eastern Woodland
American Native Tobacco as a gift offering to Creator in prayer.
How and when to
present a gift of tobacco to a Traditional American native? Any and every time
that one wishes to speak with an elder and/or honor an elder, it should be by
American native tobacco (Kinnick - Kinnick) gift.
How much is enough
tobacco to present as a gift?
How much is not as
important as how one gives the gift. First, make sure that the tobacco is
Eastern Woodland herb, Kinnick - Kinnick, and then remind the receiver that
this gift came from Mother Earth.
Because it did come
from Mother Earth, it would be nice if it were wrapped in red, why red. Red
represents women or Mother Earth.
What is American
Native Kinnick - Kinnick?
Kinnick - Kinnick is
herbs collected from Mother Earth with prayer of thanks to Creator and Mother
Earth!
Do not believe an
outsider from another tribe telling you that we all must use their tobacco,
their way; this is the way of our people. AHO.
One does not almost
hand our tobacco to an elder, because we are standing for an answer from an
elder, that tobacco now belongs to elder."
