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Sunday, 13 March 2011
Wednesday, 2 March 2011
60 days: Blanket # 61: medicine words
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Bear Grass (Xerophyllum tenax)
Native to Western US | grows from just above sea level to alpine | resembles a bunchgrass | flowering creamy white | up to 5 feet tall | Native basket and hat making material | both decorative and watertight | used in Native American medicine | the pounded roots poulticed on wounds to stop bleeding and thus heal | perennial | fire-resistant | hardy to -20° F | prefers rocky fast-draining soil | part shade to full sun | open coniferous forest habitat
Blanket # 61:
- words are magical, powerful, invisible
- words are a way of knowing self
- words are a way of knowing the wider world
- words are medicine
Tuesday, 1 March 2011
61 days: Blanket # 60: sacred
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"Like many people, Native Americans believe that cemeteries are sacred ground... Native Americans abhor the destruction of burial sites and the exhumation of human remains, for any reason."
Native Universe: Voices of Indian America
Editors: Gerald McMaster and Clifford E. Trafzer
(NGS/NMAI: Washington D.C., 2004)
Blanket # 60:
- sacred burial ground
- the body
- the bones
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