How to Braid Sweetgrass
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2024
- Sweetgrass is one of the four sacred plants of the American Indians, it is considered the hair of Mother Earth and is treated with much respect. This is how sweetgrass should be braided.
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I'm so glad that you've made this publicly available! Sharing traditional indigenous knowledge is a gift that can be difficult to receive nowadays - even for those of us who are First Nations living off reserve and in the "big city". Sadly, like our loss of language and culture, we are also experiencing a loss of many of our elders, knowledge keepers, sacred medicine men/women, etc. As one of the 4 sacred medicines (sweetgrass, cedar, sage, tobacco) it's wonderful to see such traditional cultural customs being shared with others this way. I've been trying to show my young teenage daughter the ways, traditions, customs, beliefs, ceremonies, and tribal laws introduced to me by my great grandparents, and elders in my family and band. As I am of mixed indigenous heritage (mostly Ojibwe and Metis, but with Mi'kmaq, Abenaki, Montagnais/Innu, Shawnee and Mohican - I know, what a mix!), I'm trying to focus on my Ojibwe and Métis lineage that I've learned and know most. Most of my family members are deceased, living far away, disconnected, or just not living the "good life" as we call it - so it's been difficult trying to get some answers to certain questions my daughter sometimes has. We're growing sweetgrass in our back garden, and this short video literally showed my daughter what we'd be doing once our harvested sweetgrass dried out in the sun. Thank you so much for that!! 😁👍
Very peaceful to watch. Your tutorial was excellent as your manner was not hurried, it was obvious you were familiar with the subject, and you informed us so well as to the various representations of the 7 blades of grass and the 3 sections. The deer also like my sweetgrass so mine also will be short. Thank you!
Thank you very much!
In the Lakota tradition it is not called smudging, smudging is considered a derogatory term, as in something that is stained or dirty, the term comes from when the Catholic priests would 'smudge' the sign of their cross on foreheads, the term the Lakota use is 'Azilia' which means to make clean or cleanse.
Thank you for that information my friend. Most traditions are being lost due to lack of interest and effects of genocide in the last 500 years, the youth need to seek out the knowledge of the elders before all cultural values will be lost.
I never knew about this before. Ironic since I've gone to pow wows for years but no one ever explained the use of the word smudging to me before. I'm filipino American btw
true but i really don't think that the rest of the world where non Native Americans live, will never understand this Azilia word........but thank you for informing me about this new name that i did not know..........i am actually one of the non Native Americans and i come from India..........and to tell you the truth, i love to learn new things..........so thank you once again for the Lakota term for the term Cleanse.........
@@donaldporta i agree..........but there are some who would like to learn the knowledge of the elders but we rarely see such people..........i am from India sir and i love to learn new things or even the old traditions of the ancestors........but since i am an Indian, i don't even know my family background and to only ones who i know that are related to my family are just my immediate family members and that includes my mum and her siblings and their children and my grand mother ( my mum's mother).........i don't know anything about my father's side except his four sisters and their children.........and also since i am born a Catholic, i don't know much about other things like the religion of Wicca and other things the old Catholic priests have destroyed......and i now realize how much i need to learn in this life and if i ask about, such things my parents and elder brother tell me not to do so because 1) i am still too naive to understand such things and i can get into trouble even though i am 32 years old now.....2) It is still considered a taboo in the Catholic faith......and 3) it is difficult to find people who really have the knowledge of the elders .........Sir, i also think that Modernization also plays a part in this as well..........i personally feel this because even religion seems to make no difference to the modern generations, though there are some who are interested in such things..........
@@silverwindspirit you are not the only one who has not heard this information before brother Timo.........i was born an Indian and I still live in the Indian Sub-continent with my parents while my elder brother, who is also born an Indian, lives with his wife in the U.S..........but he and my parents always tell me not to let my curiosity about things get away with my mind because i am still very naive even though i am 32 years old........but i still try to learn about this interesting world and it's people and their traditions
Thank you so much for the "sweet" video. I grew a pot of wonderful Sweetgrass in my garden. I am now, thanks to you, doing my first braid. Thank you for explaining the history as well. Much appreciated. Peace and love
Thank you for sharing your sweet grass knowledge, I was impressed on how to make the turkey call not sure how you made the sound
thank you for sharing this information and demonstration. On a funny note, the turkey call got my dog's attention, woke her up out of a sound sleep! Her face was priceless.
Oh wow!
Same with my cat, he looks up all confused
Thank you so much for this video! I always thought Sweetgrass was an exotic plant, and I only recently discovered it grows in Norway too where I am. Here it is called Marigras. I found a few the other day and it really did smell sweet. I'll see if I find a bigger patch and then I'll harvest some of my own.
Sweetgrass does best when harvested often. If not, the weeds and other grasses will choke it out, but when they are pulled they come back and spread.
If you find another small patch...give thanks to creator and harvest away 🤗
Thank you for taking the time to do this!!!! Much love!!
Thanks for the reply Don. I had no idea I learn something everyday my friend
You are welcome my friend!
Thank you so much for this video.
You are so welcome!
Thank so much for this video. Bright blessings and love.
You are so welcome
Chi ~Miigwetch for sharing ! For Those of us who have not had the opportunity to grow up knowing our culture this is VERY informative and beneficial ! Grateful to have found your teaching and your wisdom here! 🙏🏼💚🪶☀️
Hi Donald, this is wonderful. I plan on growing sweetgrass on my land and I'm so grateful to receive these teachings. Question: can you braid it immediately after harvesting, or is it better to wait a few days? Actually, can you also tell me which lineage these teachings are from? Thank you so much!!
I usually braid mine shortly after harvesting--- but the last of the harvest isn't braided for a few days or up to a week or so after picking. the sweet gr4ass has to be able to go thru a freeze in the winter and needs moist growing in the summer, so the areas ghat it grows best seems to be the north east. mine is northwest PA and Ohio seems to grow some of the best--- however the invasive grasses and farming practices are making the wild harder to find.
Awesome 🙌🏽 Thank you
Thank you for this...very interesting 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it
I'd love to know where you got your gas mask from can you put a link in the description
What's smudge. Idk what the braids are used for Don ???
smudging is burning sacred plants--- (sweet grass, white sage and tobacco) to bless or purify.