1. West Coast First Nations Ceremonies
By Katie Kim, Riley Maple, Darren Ko, Nathan Capota

2. Culture Naming Sweat lodge Smudging Sharing circle Sun dance
Tobacco is offered
Sweat lodge
water poured over heated stones created steam
Smudging
Uses sacred medicines picked from environment
Sharing circle
Talking sticks/feathers showed respect for speaker
Sun dance
Uses traditional drum ,offerings, playing with pipe
Materials found in environment

3. MASHKIKIWAN (medicine)
Mash – strength
Kikiwan – earth
Means strength that comes from earth
Creator gifts medicines in many ways
Taught to pick only what’s needed and mature
Tobacco offered prior to medicine gatherings
Not to be sold

4. Natural Resources Four sacred medicines Sage Cedar Sweetgrass Tobacco
used for smudging, has mental and physical healing properties
Cedar
used for smudging, can be boiled for healing teas
Sweetgrass
used in peace and healing rituals
leaves dried, made into braids, burned as incense
also boiled for cleansing water or medicinal tea
Tobacco
used for offering and prayers
Main use is pipe ceremonies
offered when other medicine is picked
Used for healing