A short note on smudging. Indigenous People used what was in their area. Arla ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dusty" <dustyc@microgear.net> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:59 AM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Smudging > I don't know where you live, but cedar (or juniper) if a common landscape > plant. Look for pictures in plant books at your library. > > dusty > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Choctaw <choctaw@bscn.com> > To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:18 PM > Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Smudging > > > > Yakoke Elk!

Right - and since we don't have the traditional deser-type sage down here where I am, I am told the "Choctaw sage" we have discussed before was used. dusty ----- Original Message ----- From: John & Arla Williams <jaws@crosstel.net> To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 9:25 AM Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Smudging > A short note on smudging. Indigenous People used what was in their area. > Arla > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dusty" <dustyc@microgear.net> > To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2001 8:59 AM > Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Smudging > > > > I don't know where you live, but cedar (or juniper) if a common landscape > > plant. Look for pictures in plant books at your library. > > > > dusty > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Choctaw <choctaw@bscn.com> > > To: <CHAHTA-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, April 09, 2001 11:18 PM > > Subject: Re: [CHAHTA] Smudging > > > > > > > Yakoke Elk! > > > > > ==== CHAHTA Mailing List ==== > Need more CHOCTAW information?? Visit Judy White's pages at http://accessgenealogy.com/native for rolls, data, etc. >

Another question: Should I have the doors and windows open or closed during the smudging? Or does it even matter? Shelley