Many Native tribes in North America use sweetgrass in prayer, smudging or purifying ceremonies and consider it a sacred plant.

When sweetgrass is burned, prayers, thoughts and wishes rise with the smoke to the creator who will hear them.

The Smudging Ceremony

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Harvesting Sweetgrass

Smudge Ceremony with Native Medicines: Sweetgrass, Sage, Tobacco, & – Tribal Trade

BRAIDED SWEETGRASS – Mystical Blossoms

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Sweetgrass (aka Hierochloe odorata, Sweetgrass, Holy Grass, Mary's Grass, Vanilla Grass, Bluejoint, Buffalo Grass, Zebrovka.) at Katukina - Tribal Rapé, Mapacho, Kambo, Sananga, Shamanic Tools & Incenses

Sweetgrass, Holy Grass, Vanilla Grass, Heirochloe odorata. 2.5” pots 2nd year perennial, hardy to zone 4, Sacred sweetgrass, easy to grow, spreads

Sweetgrass perennial - Heirochloe odorata - Organic, Non-GMO

Smudging: A Sacred Native American Ritual

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A Definition of Smudging

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