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Smudging to Purify
A traditional step at the beginning of a Native American ceremony.
Blessing for Water
A way to honor this essential cleansing element.
The Sacred Berry
Eating a strawberry with its symbolism in mind.
The Desert Is Theirs
Byrd Baylor and Peter Parnall's poem about sustaining a relationship with the land.
The Girl Who Sang to the Buffalo
Kent Nerburn in dialogue with Dan, a Native American elder, about connections and Mother Earth
Keepers of the Earth
Michael J. Caduto and Joseph Bruchac on imagining that you are a rock as big as a baseball.
Keepers of the Animals
An Inuit-Inupiaq story about how the Great Spirit created the bowhead whale with great care.
Catch the Whisper of the Wind
A teaching story about Crowfoot comparing life to the flash of a firefly in the night.
Poetic Medicine
A poem by Native American Joseph Bruchac on healing, which we include in the spiritual practice of nurturing.
O Taste and See
Bonnie Thurston on how God always makes the first move.