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Phoenix Teaching

The Phoenix is an oral teaching which is past down from the ancestors of Native Peoples of North…

Smudging

Smudging is a tradition in many Indigenous cultures, which involves the burning of one or more of the sacred…

The Flower of Life

I’m practicing time-honoured traditions of my people and putting them into a western verbiage. The…

Bear Clan

Clans: There are seven original clans: Bear, Bird, Crane, Deer, Fish, Loon, and Marten. Clan members…

Pipe Carrier

The pipe is sacred to First Nations people. This ceremony was also regarded as the way by which…

The Teaching of the Medicine Wheel

We are all familiar with our physical body, but our human ‘body’ also has…

Four Sacred Medicines

#1. Tobacco: Traditional people say that tobacco is always first. It is used as an offering…