Workshops
For many years we have been asked to present
workshops on various subjects in more depth. Up to now the
Beads & Buckskins program was the only way we presented
education to the general public. This is a great program but
either the time isn't available or the subject is not one
we feel comfortable teaching under such a setting. So we have
decided to extend our teaching to these workshops described
below. If you are interested in participating in any of them
please click thru to the relevant pages and book thru the
form available there in each section. Thank you.
A
couple of years ago a workshop was offered to Tribes to come
to Pipestone and learn how to quarry and make pipes, but the
result was very dissappointing to us all, and had those results
told how many years Pipes would be available the answer would
have been only until the quarriers of today are able to quarry,
because no young people signed up for it.
We
have discussed this workshop and have decided to offer it
to any enrolled Native American over the internet, maybe when
people read the information about this workshop they will
either want to do it themselves or know someone who would
want to do it. Please look thru the pages that describe the
workshop which is called:
Quarrying
for the Sacred Red Stone
Enrolled
Native Americans only
We
have many people asking us for Pipe making lessons and so
have put on this one a few times. You will be shown how to
cut the stone, and carve a basic Pipe. You can see from the
photos above the first and last stages of this process. You
do not have to be enrolled in a tribe to participate in this
workshop. It is recommended that you participate in the Power of the Sacred
Pipe workshop before attending this one.
Carving
a Sacred Pipe
Many
people believe that a Pipe is just a tool they use to say
prayers, they don't understand the relevance of the PIpe or
that it has a life of it's own. This workshop gives the history
of the Pipe, it's characteristics, and what being a holder
of a Pipe entails. It is a big responsibility, one that should
not be taken lightly or without the knowledge that this workshop
extends.
The Power of the
Sacred Pipe Workshop
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