Sage has been a part of Ojibwe culture for thousands of years. Sage is one the four main medicines in Ojibwe culture along with tobacco, cedar, and sweet grass. In most Ojibwe ceremonies, sage is used in the beginning of the ceremony to smudge the people attending the ceremony. When sage is burned, the smoke is used to cleanse the body and mind. For the hands, the sage cleanses what is touched. Sage cleanses the ears so we can hear all things in a good way. It cleanses out the mind so we can think good things with nothing negative. Traditionally, sage is used for headaches and helps with allergies. Sage can also be mixed with other medicines into teas to help with indigestion, menstrual cycle ailments, sore throats, boasts the immune system, and help with skin conditions. The genus name of sage is Salvia. Sage is the largest member of the mint family containing over 900 species. There are more uses of Sage rather than how it was used for traditional purposes and traditional healings. When the oils of Sage is extracted, that oil can help with the nervous system, heart and blood circulation, and the digestive …show more content…
An example of those are carnosic acid, rosmarinic acid and caffeic acid, possessing strong antioxidant, radical-scavenging, and antibacterial activities. The majority of the phenolic acids in Sage species are derivatives of caffeic acid which is the building block of a variety of plant metabolites. Caffeic acid plays a central role in the biochemistry of the Lamiaceae plants, and occurs mainly in a dimer form as rosmarinic acid. Carnosic acid and rosmarinic acid, which are present at high concentrations in the extract of Sage plants, have shown strong antioxidant properties. Ursolic acid, also a component of sage, has strong anti-inflammatory properties, and in sage preparations, it is considered as a quality control measurement for the anti-inflammatory effects of different
Many people find thyme useful and effective when it comes to heal and treat many diseases. Thyme is a member of the most common herbs in the Labiatae (Mint) plant family, which have been used for centuries. In addition to that, there are about 350 species of thyme with a vast range of uses not only in natural medicine but also in pharmaceutical drugs. Thyme leaves are not the only part that have been used. In fact, oil extract from thyme leaves and its flowers also serves important roles in treating and curing many disorders.
A medicine man begins by setting up an altar. This altar, usually has some type of antler to hold the sacred pipe. Then he sets four different sacred herbs in the middle of the lodge or teepee. There are four sacred herbs in the Native culture that are used for sweats. One is sage, which purifies a room of all negative energies. The second herb is sweet grass which brings in spirits from the other side to heal you. The third herb is cedar which is for purification purposes. The fourth herb is tobacco. Tobacco has always been sacred to the Native American culture. The tobacco is used to smoke in the sacred pipe. This pipe is used to bless the earth (Winona LaDuke
Since the beginning of time there has been stories of creation. The bible which is studied and followed by the Hebrews, tells that God created the world and all of it's things. However, the Iroquois states that the world was made and created by a different source, such as how they explain in The World on a Turtle’s Back. Both of these cultures explain what happened before and after each and every creation then they try to explain it in their own way. Different cultures describe and explain creation in different ways whether everyone believes it or not we are all the same.
In the essay “Cree Poetic Discourse”, the author Neal McLeod addresses an intellectual problem that the western academic writing approach harms the indigenous Cree narratives. According to McLeod, the Cree narrative process, which involves poetic thinking, embraces new possibilities and keeps changing (9). This evolution process not only depends on various occasions of speaking but also depends on different storytellers and audiences who absorb stories, thus allowing Cree poetic discourse to possess dynamic feature (McLeod 9). Such dynamic narrative approach compresses space, like Neal McLeod, said, “Like the colors and shapes in the sky, like the folds and contours of water and lakes. (14) ” In order to fully
Are the hunting, fishing, and gathering rights guaranteed to the Ojibwe in the 1837 treaty still valid and enforceable? Did the Minnesota act ethically when it asserted the Ojibwe hunting, fishing and gathering rights were no longer valid?
It’s believed that he Ojibwe made first contact with Europeans in 1615 when the French explorer Samuel de Champlain arrived at Lake Huron, as some Ojibwe lived in the area. In 1622, one of Champlain's men, Etienne Brule, was exploring Lake Superior where he made contact with Ojibwe groups farther west (Ojibwe History 2014). Many Ojibwe seemed to live near the rapids of the St. Mary's River, and the French began to refer to the Ojibwe there as "Saulteaux," derived from the French word sault, or rapids. In 1641, French Jesuits first visited the area of Sault Ste. Marie (as they called the rapids of the St. Mary's River), establishing a Christian mission there by 1667. Like other Indian groups, the Ojibwe were forced westward beginning in the 1640s when the League of the Iroquois began to attack other tribes in the Great Lakes region to monopolize the fur trade. The Ojibwe did not suffer as much as other tribes, and by the 1690s they had won some impressive victories against the Iroquois, resulting in the League of the Iroquois suing for peace with the French and their Indian allies in 1701.
Nothing is so fundamental yet so important to the freedoms we enjoy as Americans as the United States Constitution, which guarantees our right to do and say as we please so long as it does no harm. The Iroquois Federation preamble describes the purpose of the government set up by the government in their statements the emphasis is placed on perfect peace for the welfare of the people. Their focus was fighting for, the liberty of the people.
The Iroquois was named by the French,but they wanted to be called the Haudenosaunee meaning people of the longhouse. The British called them the five nations. They lived in longhouses. They reached over 100 feet in length and could hold up to 60 people in one longhouse.
There are many Iroquoian nations, including the St. Lawrence Iroquoians, the Wenero Nation, and the Five Nations of the Huron Confederacy, but the term Iroquois only applies to the six nation confederacy of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onandaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and the Tuscarora, who were added to the league well after its formation in 1713. The Iroquois were settled across central New York with the Mohawks farthest East, closer to the coast, and the Seneca farthest west. The term Iroquois is based on a Basque term meaning “killer people” and while it is the commonly used academic term the Iroquois prefer to refer the themselves as the Haudenosaunee, meaning “People of the Long House”. At their peak, just prior to contact with Europeans, there were likely around 22,00 individuals in the Five Nations of the Iroquois. The Iroquois are identified archaeologically using a collection of characteristic traits: they grew maize, beans, and squash (referred to as the three sisters) using swidden agriculture, in addition to hunting and gathering; they lived villages consisting
Ojibwa children wake up every morning to go to the nearby forest together to pick wild berries then they bring them back to their camp to have breakfast, sometimes they save them for snacks later in the day. After breakfast the men leave camp to go look for food, sometimes the older boys will go along with the men so that they can learn to hunt or fish. The men usually hunt for deer, wild bulls, rabbits, or any can of meat they can find, they use spears or traps to catch their pray. The boys go fishing with the men from camp the men usually let the older kids put bait on the line. After fishing, while go back to shore in the canoes, all the kids usually swim instead. After fishing
similarities in today societies and the Native American culture. Sage is held sacred by many
Don’t be confused when an Indian tribe is called the Chippewa or the Ojibway because they are the same tribe. French settlers could not pronounce Ojibway correctly so they called the tribe the Chippewa. Have you ever wanted to know about the Ojibway Indians? If you read on, you will learn many interesting facts about this tribe.
What is known today as the Cherokee consists of three groups which derive from the same original tribes. The Cherokee or Oklahoma, The eastern band of Cherokee Indians and United Keetoowah Band of Cherokees. However as of today the only organization that recognizes every individual group are the BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs). Amongst the tribe’s strides have been taken to preserve the heritage and economic wellbeing of elders and new generations. Tensions between the Oklahoma tribes and United Keetoowah Band over land have been ongoing since 2012, the eastern band hopes to reach a compromise that can benefit all the groups involved. Land jurisdiction is one of BIA’s main concern, however the Cherokee government was shut down in 1907. With a nonexistent government and less than accurate idea whose jurisdiction is who’s the Cherokee have been force to
We're going to tell you about a tribe of Indians known as the Sioux Indians. The Sioux Indians lived on the great plains. The Sioux's tribe is partially and fully located in 7 states. The states are known as Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Montana, Iowa, Minnesota, and Wisconsin. Their natural resources include deer, beans, wild rice, and buffalo.
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