Sacred Pipe

[@reallife2849]

The way you value your elders , elders wisdom and preserving culture shows who you are . I have Great respect for you

[@notamedicineman1048]

Thank you, I appreciate your encouraging words. I am also on Facebook under my name Leo Yankton

[@kihcokimaw]

Well said. Clear and in a respectful manner in these challenging times. You may not be a medicine man however it is clear you are a helper. An oskapîs. Which means helper. A 'young' helper to an elder/teacher. Good luck on your journey sir.

[@raymondhoule6108]

You don't view yourself as a medicine man but what you are doing here is exactly that my friend. You are spreading medicine where it's needed. Thank you for sharing this! Aho!

[@semitavitae4729]

Yes!

[@hg077]

Hau Mitakuyepi kola, Miye Oglala Lakota Oyate! Wopila! Thank you for putting these teachings up my relative, I know a lot of Non natives will watch this and not quite understand but those who have lost their way in culture who are native this will mean a lot to them and help them find their way back

[@nataliegrove2622]

First of all you're beautiful :). My mom is Haudenosaunee, specifically kanienʼkehá꞉ka and so is her mom. I was raised by my grandmother in Northern Pennsylvania close to New York. It's wonderful to see someone speaking out on native issues and also their way of life. Many people don't know about sacred herbs and ceremonies and their purposes. Thank you!!!

[@notamedicineman1048]

Yes, what I teach is basic concepts that only are the beginning. I'm NOT a medicine man, but even this basic information is hard to get sometimes. I have the knowledge of the equivalent of a "spiritual toddler"... I am still learning myself because I stepped away at 16 when I started drinking 😔

[@mswyss96]

One of the best and most respectful videos I have seen and also very well explained so its fully understandable. Thanks ^^

[@taliaclairerobertson4455]

Thank you for sharing this video. I'm part of your second and third target audiences, and I am always worried that the information I find on Native American spirituality is distorted or diluted by non-Native people who are disrespectful or ignorant of sacred traditions. It's wonderful that you're making these teachings accessible to Native people who have been disconnected from their culture, and I'm grateful that I can learn a little bit as well.

[@takinisurvivalchannel3812]

Hey, I lived in Red Scaffold, with an in -law grandma, and others, that spoke mostly lakota, 25 years ago. FYI, - Chunnumpa means, "from two halves of wood". Chun means wood, numpa means two. Dave Bald Eagle showed me, you split an ash tree stem in half (in the late summer) scrape the white pith center out (looks like styrofoam), down the center, glue the split halves back together, wrapped it with rope, let it dry, take rope off, carve it flat... etc.... The pith will be small in the winter, but little to no cracking will occur when it dries, in the summer the central pith channel will be larger, but the end of the pipe will check (crack from loosing water out the ends), you can cut in the summer, then apply waterproof wood glue to the ends (pine pitch long ago). And that will prevent the wood from cracking if kept in the dark shade. So yeah. Red scaffold had weekly yuwipei's in the winter, and sweats in the summer, and we smoked the pipe there, and we say holy man, Roy Circle Bear was the holy man. I think he passed. We smoked sage in the pipes too. Generally there, it was taboo to make a pipe for yourself.... if you wanted one, it had to be earned, and someone would give you one.....like if they knew you well, etc. I, on the other hand....shoveled snow, broke ice, and stood outside the lodge with a pitchfork, and brought in hot rocks to the people sweating inside. Then when they did let me inside, they seat you in the back to get sweated out !

[@notamedicineman1048]

Thank you for sharing... I remember those ceremonies when I lived on the rez. I just started going back to the Sundance two years ago... I stayed away when I started drinking and after becoming sober in 2009 it took me 7 more years sober to make my way back

[@takinisurvivalchannel3812]

@@notamedicineman1048 we had AA meetings at our house. I am also sober, and stopped smoking "chun lee" (cigarettes ! Remember ! Pej too).

[@protektorz2954]

My grandma (Hunka) lives in Manderson. Thank you for sharing this. I have also been faced with those same misconceptions. Your video is very clear. It’s a good tool for conveying this message.

[@bobbiwolfgang]

Thank you so much, Totem, for your information and for your DEEP respect for the sacred traditions of your faith. May the Great Spirit continue to bless you! Beautiful. 🐺❤🦅🐢

[@goldenapples13]

I love that your teaching about respecting the pipe! to many people don't respect the pipe or the plants they smoke out of the pipe! we as people are loosing the connection with the earth and the spirit medicines on it!

[@goldenapples13]

are you on Facebook?

[@notamedicineman1048]

+Golden Apples1488 yes I'm on Facebook under my name Leo Yankton

[@LB00146]

I attended a pipe ceremony when I was very little and I was allowed to smoke from the pipe. I've always respected the pipe ever since

[@ocag-z3o]

Thank you for sharing this sacred wisdom. You are indeed a medicine man...perhaps not in title, but in heart and spirit. You are also a wonderful sacred teacher. Thank you.

[@jonathanpippin9538]

Hopefully more people watch this and stop calling it a "peace pipe". We brought the sacred pipe, so they could pray with us. I learned how to pray with the sacred pipe from my uncle. Teach the truth and beauty of the sacred ways. So all may learn and join in this spiritual journey. Much love brother. May the creator bless you, forever.

[@Spkyw]

I've been struggling to learn more about my culture since my family has been disconnected for a very long time. Very informative, thank you!

[@notamedicineman1048]

I'm Also on Facebook under my name Leo Yankton

[@jasl2649]

I found a sacred pipe at a thrift store today and touched it. It gave me chills. I had to research it. I’m contemplating buying it because it’s expensive but I’ve never touched something that made me feel chills like that. I don’t know if I have any Native American in me.

[@LB00146]

Buy it! I actually got to smoke from a sacred pipe during a ceremony when I was very little and even though I was way too young to understand the importance of the pipe; when I smoked from it it gave me a good feeling that I can't explain. It was supernatural and I absolutely loved how it made me feel.

[@sheilajames9591]

Thank you Brother it is time that we share information with others.

[@tedbourchert5986]

Years ago I used to go to the Sundance. I am pretty familiar with the chanunpa, yet I really enjoyed your video. You may not be a medicine man but you are definitely following the red path.

[@coloringwithlaceylaceylosh8183]

Excellent introductory video! As a non-native who is unfamiliar with the culture and spirituality of the sacred pipe it was interesting to learn some of the customs associated with it's use.

[@mariachong4143]

I have great respect for this person. I am adopted by Lakota, Sioux at Wagner South Dakota. I was given a white eagle claw as a gift. I know about the sacred pipe. A woman came out of the fog and gave a sacred pipe to 2 Natives and then disappeared. Great story and I believe the story.

[@deborahramirezbreckenridge6357]

Thank you for sharing this information with us. It is so important to hear about true meanings and uses and it is so hard to find good information. Thank you, thank you! I personally hope to hear more from you if you are willing to/can share!

[@flipmedina1682]

I pray this will attract people and change their beliefs.

[@mildmanneredmercifulmouse1839]

Your 2nd target audience here, you hit the BULLS EYE. Non native (European descent) Australian. I live in Australia and like learning about your traditional customs and ceremonies and sacred beliefs. I just wanted to let you know that your intentions are reaching over to the other side of the planet and being sincerely appreciated. Halo from Australia and from your newest subscriber. Thanks very much for sharing your knowledge.

[@notamedicineman1048]

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[@Hardrada88]

4 years later this stands just as true. I hope this echoes down the road, thank you sharing this. Hope this finds you all well and staying safe during this time

[@notamedicineman1048]

Thank you, I appreciate your comments

[@Hardrada88]

@@notamedicineman1048 You are very welcome. Found this helpful for my learning. Mom gave me a Chanupa before I left the US, the pipestone seems rather old and it gets the respect it deserves. Only been prayed over once when we lost a brother in Iraq. Other than this I’m still learning about the way that isn’t just fighting or being mad at the world (which was probably her plan) There is something haunting and very special about feeling the family and spiritual connection of such things I think, and realising we can help heal ourselves and others with traditional practices therefore keeping the stories alive too. I just hope what you say here gets remembered by our younger generations down the line.

[@nickgrm5925]

Beautifully done!!! Thank you so much.

[@aboveallthingslove6349]

Thank you for the perspective you give so generously friend.

[@sauljapuntich]

Thank you for educating me. I visited a pipestone quarry near where I live, that most people don't know exists, and I wanted to learn more about your pipes.

[@miriam4091]

Thankyou for sharing. I am learning that Native spirituality is very beautiful and enjoy very much the meanings behind the teachings and symbols.

[@OneTyler2Many]

Your the friend I've always wanted.

[@danyelrockow]

I am so glad I found your channel. One of my great grandmothers was oglala lakota from the Rosebud Tribe, she was one of the children brought into American culture for school. Though I am not full blooded I have always felt drawn and connected to lakota traditions and art. Since I look very European I dont claim to be native I only state that I have Lakota ancestors. I will stop rambling. But seriously thank you for your videos ♡

[@casperdaghost7836]

Thank u for u time. Also the buck painting is amazing.

[@moralesrdh]

I just danced in Manderson at my Pop's Sundance! Wopila Brother! Mitakuye Oyasin!🌻🦅🙌🏿🙏🏿🦋

[@congamike1]

This just changed my life a bit. Thank you!

[@notamedicineman1048]

Pilamaya yelo (Thank you)

[@ohdannyboy4727]

Thank you for this teaching. This was wonderful.

[@briansaathoff4038]

Leo, man i miss you. You were taken from us all way to early in life. The wisdom and teachings you had to share live on through these videos but its just not the same as sitting with you like we use to do. Met you and have known you for 30 years plus. I always get on here to listen to your voice. Miss you brother. Miss you bad.

[@xavierortega8747]

Thanks for sharing this knowledge, it's great to learn something new about the native Americans culture. I'm a native of Mexico.

[@renshoelliott6460]

Thank you for your teaching and for sharing your wisdom and heart. I bow to you in respect and thanksgiving. Blessings to you on your path.

[@stefanmckannon1634]

Thank you for sharing! That color effect between the picture on the wall and that bow tie is 🔥

[@carolindigo]

Thank you, much respect. I am learning more all the time. Bless you, on your walk and all here. Very grateful for this. Oh just now saw, Leo, it's you... thought you looked familiar. Hope you are well. Thanks for this sharing.

[@notamedicineman1048]

Thank you, did you subscribe to my page?

[@Sany.Giselle]

Spirit led me here. Thank you so much for this video 💕 my ancestors have called me to remember the sacred use of tobacco and the ways that it was meant to heal. I appreciate you so much. 🦅

[@LB00146]

I attended a pipe ceremony when I was little and I was allowed to smoke from the pipe. It was an amazing experience and I've always respected tobacco since

[@alghorning]

Thank you so much for explaining this. This is important.

[@AndySo2000]

I really liked this. Your culture is very interesting! Thanks for sharing!

[@AJ-ez9tr]

Just found your chanel. It s so cool, that you are working to "revive" the native American tribes. I'm from germany but feel a strong Connection since here also a lot of our history was taken from us. So i'm a "so to say modern celtic druid" also seeking my roots and revive Connection with nature. Cheers and credits for your work. We will go on to harmonize with mother earth

[@creedthree]

Good advice and information! Thanks Totem! Btw- where’d you get the awesome sweater?

[@farting_bob]

as an outsider this was very enlightening. sick robot too

[@michellejeaneden2083]

Good teachings. I noticed this was a few years ago . I d be interested in what you do with the knowledge. I hope more will be called to the Circle. WeAreAllOne.

[@IIIHSSSF]

Thank you for this kind explanation.

[@pearlsbeforeswine60]

Thank you/meegwetch!! I was given my first chenupa by a Lakota elder about 8 years ago(I am white). But because his walk was not a good one and because he treated my Grandmother Elder, who introduced us, so poorly, I didn't not wake it, even though I walked with it for about two years before getting my elder;s permission to gift it to another practitioner. It never felt like mine to begin with. Yesterday I was helping Grandmother get ready to host some Elders who are coming from Canada to do Ceremony on behalf of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, and she stopped what we were doing and presented me with my second chenupa. I recognized it right away as mine..it was so strange. I began to cry, I was so overcome with emotion. The last thing I want to be is a "spiritual tourist" and even when I am invited by Native people to participate in certain things, such as the Yuwipi, I don't always do it because it just feels improper, even with permission. Too Wakan for a white person. Sometimes GRandmother will insist I be present for a certain teaching, and of course then I do her bidding.

[@Mr_Wicked]

mohawk here. glad to hear the culture specially of different tribes.

[@notamedicineman1048]

Pilamaya yelo (thank you) I feel the same about learning the ways of my other tribal relatives as well.

[@carmanmerriam6943]

Thank you so much! This is great! I am a Native disconnected from my culture.

[@barrycartner3855]

Great instructional video. Truly enjoyed it.

[@notamedicineman1048]

Thank you

[@lazarsjojic]

Nice video. Greetings from another tribe who suffered a lot in history, the Serbs (from Serbia).

[@PeterPiperNYC]

Thank you for sharing the insights of the pipe. Also, thank you for taking the effort to get a representative example of the pipe. It is a very interesting concept to consider transmitting energy through smoke. Smoke has been used for many things besides pipes and signals. Can you point me in a direction to learn more about the spiritual transmission using smoke? All the best to you.

[@best1yet]

I like the picture of the deer on the wall. The highlights are like its energy.

[@troymoore7537]

Sage and sweet grass smudging i have heard of. i have even used sage for such a purpose before, but i have not heard of smudging with cedar before. i thank you for the new knowledge.

[@whitehorseducharme4428]

Gitcha manitou gona waph amon Anishanaabe kii-megwich agegomon brother

[@christourhopepodcast]

Brother, Wah-hoh, Thank you. My ancestors are from the Pee Dee tribe in South Carolina and we have, like you said, lost our understanding of the ancestral ways. We have lost our connection mostly because we have lost our medicine people, it wasn't popular to be native in the 1800-1900s and protestant Christianity destroyed most of our ability to practice the old ways. I know you stated that this video was for those natives who had lost the connection, how would you suggest that we are able to get a sacred pipe? Without a connection to a medicine man, it seems like it is an impossible feat and the tradition will remain dead for us. Thank you so much for your video, it was extremely helpful and informational!

[@notamedicineman1048]

You have answered your own question here. You must seek out these ways and then things will come to you naturally. I would suggest finding sweat lodges in your area, then connect with them, help them any way they need, and learn what you can... Don't go looking for help, go looking to be helpful and you'll gain so much that way

[@rafaelfonseca5205]

what thoughts do you release? Can it be negative thoughts you would like to release out of your body? Positive thoughts? Or just any and all thoughts? Thank you

[@notamedicineman1048]

Thoughts that keep us dwelling on the physical world should be released as you focus on the spiritual world 🌎

[@robertlavedas4964]

So much difference between between tribal/clan beliefs.... And yet like a river that flows from the sea, all have some salt still from their souce... Even a prop should should be shown together..... But in no way do i complain about your incredible job doing a very hard thing..... Would love to see you put out more on the pipe.... And in very rare obscure ceremonies I have heard it called sort of a peace pipe... But peace between the positive(male) and negative(female)..inward and outward energy...

[@las174]

Thank you beautiful human. That was very educational. What a wonderful culture that we should all try to learn more about.

[@dorisleyba5916]

Makes sense to me. Love the tie choice.

[@mixedsuga503]

This was beautifully made.

[@notamedicineman1048]

Thank you... I have no experience making videos, if so I'd have added more pictures 😊

[@moeshouse575]

thank you for the honor of hearing you words. i have been introduced to the Cherokee ways throu a friend. i have so much to learn. i am a machinist and want to learn how to make a Sacred pipe the right way. and have very much to learn. my friend can introduce me to people to help me with this. it will be an honor if you pray for me to learn the Cherokee ways.

[@notamedicineman1048]

Moe Shouse you need to meet a true medicine man and learn the ways first... Most times you don't just make a sacred pipe because that doesn't hold the spiritual value of learning the ways and then coming to carry a pipe through the tutelage of a real medicine man

[@moeshouse575]

YES thank you. i do understand what you say. i think my friend can get me in touch with the right person. i think we have the right people here in Wichita, KS

[@dekotahrunninghorse9372]

Wopila kola for sharing about our culture.

[@notamedicineman1048]

Dekotah Runninghorse thank you... It's our time again

[@sonjastaes772]

i love this man will never forget him a real warrior

[@fload46d]

Really very interesting and thank you. When I was six, my mother took me to Wisconsin Dells where I saw the Native ceremonial. Since then I have had a great interest in native American culture. Now I am a reenactor at a historical venue and am thinking of purchasing a native made pipe. I portray a blackrobe and get negative vibes from some of the native reenactors. My distant ancestors were basically barbarians in Germany. Some of what they practiced was cultural but some was also religious and their gods were not the true God. I have read that native Americans believe in Gitchi Manitou and Mitchi Manitou. So it looks like everyone has been given the knowledge that there is one God, the Creator of the universe. Like my German heritage I keep what is cultural but follow the true religion of the One God. That is not to disrespect native Americans because I will continue to be interested in their culture. Hopefully like many of the tribes that were converted by Fr. Marquette and Fr. DeSmet and others, many of the modern native Americans will come to know the true Religion.

[@notamedicineman1048]

Joseph Kretschmer what's "the one true religion"?

[@DanaBidlake]

Thank you for your lessons

[@jefferykubitz4510]

Nice information. Thank you very much. I learned some new things from you today.

[@wtx_fte]

Thank you for sharing this video. It very informative.

[@coreyspiano9890]

Thank you for your teachings. I received my pipe yesterday in ceremony. I do however consider Santa Maria (cannabis) to be one of the Sacred Plant Medicines, and will smoke this in my pipe.

[@bennybenitez2461]

You got the display pipe off eBay but what makes a real a real pipe? Does it have to be made by a medicine man? Or being blessed by a medicine man? Thank you.

[@notamedicineman1048]

Yes being blessed and a ceremony to join the pipe with the person

[@StephEWaterstram]

It's great to get the truth about the Pipe is a Spiritual Meditation Prayer ritual and not the doobage recreation some slander it to be! I will spread the word!

[@kasanovakaper5183]

I liked the video once I heard him say he won’t show any of his actual tools and rituals.yes my brother keep your history and beliefs safe

[@notamedicineman1048]

💞✊✊💞

[@sawysauce1256]

Thank you i feel calmer and smarter

[@eliotstone9901]

Thank you for your openness and willingness to educate us - really enjoyed the video. Have a question: what is your take on people who are not Lakota using sacred pipes for their own prayers? To be more clear, I don't mean non-Lakota who smoke a pipe to appear interesting and "cultural" to their friends, but rather, what about non-Lakota people who lack a way in their own culture to pray, and find the sacred pipe an elegant means to do so? With so much talk about appropriation and its very real negative effects....is there room for outsiders to use Lakota pipes in earnest without disrespecting Lakota people and culture? Or should non-Lakota just admire from afar? Thanks again!

[@jester4886]

Ann-áá bas-éé, thank you, from gwi’chinn athabaskan in alaska. Can you do a video on eagle bone flute if its not a disrespect? I really apologize if i said something that i shouldn’t say, i only made a mistake if so

[@daveslens]

Thank you so much for sharing, I really connected with your message

[@thefutureairmen8046]

Totem I have a question How do I find a Medicine man and prove to him I am worthy to have a Native American name My family has lost touch with our native culture from over the generations and now my mothers side is at a dispute and we do not know if my great x 6 grandmother was cheyenne, Lakota, or Arapaho do you know how I can help my family solve this dispute thank you

[@notamedicineman1048]

TheFuture AirMen find a sweatlodge in your area. There's usually a medicine man that guided who ever built the sweatlodge. Then instead of asking for a name or blessing offer your labor to help cut wood, or other chores that are needed. You learn the right way when you quietly help rather than looking for immediate gratification

[@Lurq80]

Thank you brother.

[@chipc4936]

Very interesting and informative. Much respect.

[@canalzonebratt90]

Great video and explanation. Thank you

[@Dr.Iggulden_ND]

fantastic video brother!

[@meianoite4271]

STRONG AND BEAUTIFUL

[@jkpoynter]

Thank you for this.

[@ngairekingi6189]

just received your "Tutorial" Thankyou for Your presentation to Enlighten, Inform and Educate ...Mitakuye Oyasin from "Ao-Tea-Roa" translated " Land of the long white Could" (so Named because upon its Discovery the Wife of the Great Navigator Ku-pe saw the Clouds and announced "This place is covered in the Long White Cloud"...New Zealand to the rest of the World ....

[@adamstogdale1906]

Hey this is not my first time seeing one of your videos. However many things in my life has changed I am looking for answers and a meaning if you can help please let me know

[@notamedicineman1048]

Answers to what?

[@adamstogdale1906]

@@notamedicineman1048 for about as long as I can remember I have what I call a spirit following me i have had accounts of seeing it and times were I feel as I cant move. Once my father has passed it seems as it has gotten stronger and stays around longer. I'm also looking for answers about what my dad did and why. But mostly why this spirit has stayed and what it wants. Its becoming to were I cant find peace and sleep fully through out the night.

[@notamedicineman1048]

I personally do not know how to help you, a medicine man or woman may be able to try to help but you'll have to find someone in your area. Be careful of con-artists preying on people's faith

[@adamstogdale1906]

@@notamedicineman1048 thank you for helping and giving me advice truly means a lot

[@lynx777]

So amazing thank you so much

[@lovechaos532]

Thank you for sharing, your message has impacted me 🩵 I send you love + light

[@gavanbowyer7917]

living where I live I could hardly avoid a lot of natives take on many spirit world stuff things. and now that I have been smoking a pipe for almost 5 years now I have learned a lot more than just how to smoke a pipe altho that ain't all that simple itself. thank you for clarifying my thoughts I hope to learn more from you.

[@jaddek.astrie3071]

Hope you are doing well not medicine man, I'm Jadde Astrie and I already have had several initiations with the mother earth, and short time ago I received a message from spirit telling me I need to participate in a pipe ceremony. I live in NJ and unfortunately I can't find anyone in this area that makes the ceremony. When are you going to perform a ceremony? I appreciate if you can provide more information. Best wishes, Jadde Astrie.

[@notamedicineman1048]

I am not a medicine man and I do not lead pipe ceremonies. I know real medicine men and women, but they are few and far between. Please don't trust every self proclaimed Native Spiritual leader because with a society like ours with SO MUCH TRAUMA, there's dysfunctional people who are not qualified to be one of these people. The Red Road can be a hard road if you're not sincere... especially in today's toxic consumerist society

[@matthewthomas2581]

Thank you Soo much for your time and consideration.

[@CrystalClearScratcher]

I learned a lot from this video. Thank you :)

[@andriassian1]

Thank you my blessed friend...

[@notamedicineman1048]

Pilamaya yelo

[@johnjriggsarchery2457]

Thank you

[@jw6642]

Your a good teacher, thank you 😁

[@Nertz1000]

Thank you for your perspective on the Sacred Pipe.

[@Moonwatcher3941]

I am a Hedgewitch. A lot in both your and my paths merge. let us do what we need to bring peace to our mother earth.

[@johnharrington4757]

im 1% creek. though my heritage is very distant i cherish the fact and will always respect it and others.

[@stevenchambers2013]

Respect! great presentation thanks

[@notamedicineman1048]

thank you as well

[@codyabel4766]

tell us about it!

[@valeriececilialindsay2018]

Thank You. Great Informative Video.

[@notamedicineman1048]

You're welcome 😊