Finding Minnesota: Pipe Maker Keeps Sacred Tradition Alive
John Lauritsen reports on how a Minnesota pipe-maker is breathing life into a Native American tradition (3:34). WCCO 4 Weekends – April 22, 2018
Pipestone National Monument - Minnesota
This National Monument is truly a sacred place and has been for close to 2000 years. The Sioux account as to the origin of the pipestone, as recorded by George Catlin in 1836 states that .... At an ancient time the Great Spirit, in the form of a large bird, stood upon the wall of rock and called all the tribes around him, and breaking out a piece of the red stone formed it into a pipe and smoked it, the smoke rolling over the whole multitude. He then told his red children that this red stone was their flesh, that they were made from it, that they must all smoke to him through it, that they must use it for nothing but pipes; and as it belonged alike to all tribes, the ground was sacred, and no weapons must be used or brought upon it.
In 1937 Congress established Pipestone National Monument to provide traditional quarrying for Indians. Today pipe carvings are appreciated as art-works as well as for ceremonial use. Once again, as commanded by the spirit bird in the Sioux story of it's creation, the pipestone here is quarried by an American Indian enrolled in a tribe recognized by the US Government. An age old tradition continues in the modern world, ever changing yet rooted in the past.
The unique and special stone is also referred to as Catlinite, named after George Catlin.
Be sure to enjoy the Circle Trail and take in beautiful Winnewissa falls and then explore the ancient quarries. The Native Americans who are tasked with quarrying the stone treat it with reverence and respect. Please do the same and not remove any pieces of the stone, nor intrude in the space assigned to each workman. The pipestone is still quarried by hand just as it has been for centuries.
Culture + Spirituality | Pipestone National Monument in Minnesota
For countless generations, Native American Indians have quarried the red pipestone found at this site. These grounds are sacred to many indigenous people because the pipestone quarried here is carved into pipes used for prayer. Many believe that the pipe's smoke carries one's prayer to the Great Spirit. The traditions of quarrying and pipe making continue here today.
When you pray with this pipe, you pray for and with everything.
-Black Elk
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Lakota/Dakota Traditons. Quarrying of the Sacred Red Pipestone.
The quarrying proces of the Sacred Red Pipestone told and demonstrated by Chuck Derby. This short movie shows in brief the hard labour of the quarrying proces which takes 2-3 months to reach the Sacred Red Pipestone. This labour is concidered by Chuck Derby as a mission to provide the Sacred Red Pipestone to the people so the people will be able to pray to the Creator by the Cannupa and is used in all ceremonies. Allthough there are still some quarriers left, for the future young Native people will be needed to learn the skills how to quarry to continue the quarrying of the Sacred Red Pipestone. Only Native people are allowed to quarry the Sacred Red Pipestone. It would be a lost for the world if the skills of the quarrying proces of the Sacred Red Pipestone would disappeare.
Without quarrying, there will be no Sacred Red Pipestone. Without Sacred Red Pipestone, there will be no Cannupas. Without a Cannupa, there is no ceremony. (Chuck Derby)
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Haunted Hotel The Historic Calumet Inn in Pipestone, Minnesota
We had heard that the historic Calumet Inn in Pipestone, Minnesota was haunted by ghosts...especially in room 308. A man burned alive in room 308 when the hotel caught fire years ago. He was a map maker, the one of the best. The Calumet Inn painted a mural in the room that was inspired by him.
We stayed in the room for a couple of days. Some weird stuff happened, but no real visits by ghosts. ;)
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2W1C S02E13: The Holy Destination (Pipestone I)
There is only 1 national monument in Minnesota. It's called Pipestone.
The monument is a holy site to plaines tribes for hundreds of miles in every direction. It's more or less a quarry where special rock of religious significance is mined to create pipe. The pipe has many uses, from the ceremonious to the celebratory to the casual.
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Almost all Sacred Temples are built on Sacred Living Springs
Sacred springs are the origins of original sacred sites. The builders of these temples knew that these places where where the life blood of the earth seemed to emerge, creating great amounts of energy 0:02
What we refer to as 'meta-physical' in todays world was looked upon by the ancients as very real 0:23
The ancients recognized that the blood of the earth naturally emerges at certain points on the earth and that by drinking from these sources you actually become part of the Earth Mother herself. 0:33
Sacred springs were always known to be different than regular springs because their water held different qualities than normal springs (surface tension, electrostatic properties, etc. 0:45
The ancients knew that when you stood next to certain springs they just induced a certain state of mind that influenced people creatively 1:01
Sacred springs were referred to as living water in ancient times because if your body had stagnation, drinking a living water would cause the fluids in your body to associate with that water 1:40
The ancients knew that sacred springs raised the frequency of our bodies, thus energizing our bodies that why such springs were so important then and now 1:58
The Egyptians called living waters from sacred springs as Mw or sanctified water that protects your being 2:29
Certain springs have a protective field and the ancients chose these springs to build temples. NASA apparently knows about them 2:50
Whenever Nasa looks for energies on the earth they look for underground springs because because one attracts the other.The ancients knew about this without having the technology 3:17
Almost every drop of water that most people alive today are drinking has been altered directly or indirectly by human influence 4:00
How important is it in todays day and age to sanctify our being? 4:28
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Dowsing is one of the oldest traditions in the world and many in Maine 4:47
Maps of sacred sites show how lines of water and magnetism both lead into the alters in these sacred temples 5:15
Certain Native American tribes in North America actually say that when you stand at these sites theres a reed (a metaphysical pole) that connects heaven and earth 5:20
The foundation of every temple in the world is based on Living Water and the confluence of magnetism on the ground working synchronistically with each other 6:20
The state of Maine is to water what Saudi Arabia is to oil and even in a place like Maine where water is so prolific, a spring like Tourmaline Spring is still so, so rare 6:41
A famous dowser in Maine used nothing but a pendulum to detect where there were significant water deposits in Maine 7:33
Quartz and other minerals interact with water to increase its surface tension 8:01
Dowsers use twigs to detect water and it is amazing! 8:50
The human organism has the potential to be a dowsing rod 9:17
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Bundles, Pipes and Mounds: Exploring Nearby Indigenous Cultural Sites
College Scholar Deborah Williams shares the geographical and archeological importance of Plains Indian sites within a day’s drive from JCCC.
Bundles, Pipes and Mounds: Exploring Nearby Indigenous Cultural Sites
Before settlers came to the prairie, the Midwest was home to the Plains Indians, an overarching term for a multitude of tribes, including the Kansa, the Fox and the Kickapoo of northeast Kansas.
Williams will share with the audience three locations where they can discover a wealth of information about Plains Indians and their daily lives. One such place, the farthest away, is Pipestone, Minnesota.
The area is so named because of the local catlinite, a reddish metamorphic clay indigenous peoples used to create the bowl of pipes.
“It’s a soft material, easy to mold,” Williams says, “but very hard to get to.” Because the clay wasn’t easy to extract from the ground, pipes created from this clay were especially revered. To this day, only American Indian tribes are allowed to mine the catlinite, she said. Williams will have artifacts made from this material at her talk.
In addition to the Pipestone U.S. National Park and Monument, Williams will share details of:
Cahokia Mounds, Collinsville, Illinois. The Cahokia Mounds is a state historic site across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, Missouri. It was the once the site of the largest American Indian city north of Mexico. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Pawnee Indian Museum, Republic, Kansas. Just south of the Nebraska border and four hours from Overland Park, this museum is also a state historic site, sharing with visitors the remains of a Pawnee village that hit its peak population in the 1700s.
Her first-hand account of her visits will be related through the prism of Williams’ scholarly study in environmental science, anthropology, law and philosophy.
She is professor of biology and chair of environmental science at JCCC, where she teaches classes such as the Natural History of Kansas, Bioethics and Principles of Sustainability.
This presentation, the third of three, is part of the College Scholars program. The program showcases faculty excellence in research fields that go beyond the classroom to make scholarly contributions to knowledge within the professor's academic discipline.
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