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Wačháŋǧa (Sweetgrass)

Wačháŋǧa Súŋpi (A Braid of Sweetgrass)

The elders tell us that it takes longer for us to heal today because we are not tapping into the aeons of Health, Wellness and Healing that WE have.

The old trails our ancestors used are less used ....

Our ancestors are waiting only for us to pick back up our ways and that is to help us heal. When WE Heal we heal 7 generations back and 7 generations forward. That is the importance of our focus.

We are also told that was the first plant to grow on Mother Earth

When we harvest Sweetgrass, we get three bunches of seven strands. This is so there will be 21 pieces of grass. We do not pull it, this is the hair of Ina Makoce - (Mother Earth). We braid the three strands of seven pieces right there on Mother Earth. Then it is gently cut.

It is then that we state our intentions - this will be used as a medicine, to nurture and to heal. This is accomplished by bringing tobacco as we ask Creator in on our prayer regarding the use of this medicinal gift.

For an offering we can offer something the plant can use, like water.

So offer the relations around it a gift of water.

When we burn sweetgrass, remember these things:

It is a kindness medicine; with a sweet gentle aroma when it is lit.

Its symbolic ....

There are 21 strands used to make a braid.

The first 7 strands represent those 7 generations behind us -

Our parents

Our grandparents

Our great grandparents and so on

for 7 generations behind us ....

who we are and what we are is because of them. They've brushed and made the trails we have been walking until now but some of the trails have been lost, hidden or destroyed and this makes our connection difficult but not impossible.

The time has come to heal and reconnect with our ancestors.

The next 7 represent the 7 sacred teachings - Love, Respect, Honesty, Courage, Wisdom, Truth and Humility.

The elders tell us how simple, powerful and beautiful the teaching are:

1 Love: unconditional affection with no limits or conditions that starts with loving yourself.

2 Respect: due regard for the feelings, wishes, rights or traditions of other, with consideration, thoughtfulness, attentiveness, politeness, courtesy, civility, deference.

3 Honestly: have a character of integrity, and honor be free from fraud or deception, legitimate truthful.

4 Courage: bravery, permitting one to face extreme dangers with boldness withstanding danger, fear or difficulty

5 Wisdom: the quality of having experience, knowledge and good judgment the quality of being wise.

6 Truth: the face of the matter, veracity, sincere, candor and genuineness

a determined in principle entirely by how it relates to things

7 Humility: freedom from pride or arrogance, being humble, when we truly understand the teaching of humility, that we are not any better then anyone else and you are not any better then me. that at the end of the day we are simply human beings, this is what makes this teaching powerful and beautiful.

The last 7 strands are those of the 7 generations in front of us -

Our children ....

Our grandchildren ....

Our great grandchildren ....

as well as all those children yet to be born.

It is important because everything we do to Mother earth will one day effect them ....

This is LEGACY.

When we have lost our way, Mother Earth gives us everything we need to heal ourselves and the earth.

HEAL Our HOODS

Culture is the Cure

- C B T R

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