Monthly Archives: July 2018

KINNI-KINNICK BLENDS PRAIRIE PRIDE – A light sweet blend of tobaccos and herbs from the prairie country. PLAINS – This mixture is a combination of other fine tobaccos carefully selected and blended.  To increase its aromatic potential, the fine Black … Continue reading →

Calumet or “Peace-pipe” of the Indians [This text was originally published in 1907 by the Bureau of American Ethnology as part of its Handbook of American Indians North of Mexico.  It was later reproduced, in 1913, by the Geographic Board … Continue reading →

  Vincent LaDuke – more commonly known by the name, Sun Bear (1929-1992) was a New Age author of Ojibwe descent. He was born on August 31, 1929 on the White Earth Indian Reservation to Louis and Judith La Duke.[6] He … Continue reading →

SUGGESTED ADDITIONAL READINGS BLACK ELK SPEAKS, by John G. Neihardt. BOOK OF THE HOPI, by Frank Waters. THE BOOK OF THE VISION QUEST, by Steve Foster. Island Press. THE CHEYENNE INDIANS: THE SUN DANCE, by George A. Dorsey. FOUR DAYS … Continue reading →

  FIRE: The altar of the Great Spirit, or Wakan-Tanka, which gives life to all things. PIPE: The bowl, a single point, is the focus of all space and all things. When this is fired, illumination fills the universe. SPIRIT … Continue reading →

THE PIPE OF PEACE In his striking analysis of the symbolic man of the Osage tribe Francis La Flesche called attention to this triplicate relation as centrally symbolized by the ceremonial pipe. In the ritual devoted to this pipe upon … Continue reading →