The Sacred Pipe or Calumet, has tremendous historical significance to Indians of many Tribes. The use of the sacred red pipestone in the fashioning of pipes, has been well documented and was known to early European explorers as early as 1650.

The most elaborate pipes can be four or five feet long. Others might be adorned with hawk feathers, fur, horsehair, quills, inlays and carvings, representing the animal spirit world.

The offering of tobacco to the Great Spirit was a significant event in the Plains Indian culture and the most common form of offering was the smoking of tobacco in pipes. Tobacco smoke rising to the heavens was meant as a means of communication with the Great Spirit and the Sacred Pipe played a key role in this sacred activity.

The use of the Sacred Pipe for prayer and also as a symbol of unity and communication, peacemaking, honoring friends and strangers, warding off evil spirits, healing the sick, and praying for a successful hunt, harvest, or battle.

An Indian legend relates that after a battle between enemy tribes, the Great Spirit caused the flesh and blood of the slain to go into the ground and become the red pipestone. As a result the location, which is found in only one place in the United States, has always been considered sacred ground and a place of peace. Our pipemakers today will often leave tobacco offerings at the quarries, or will smoke a pipe and offer the smoke to the Great Spirit.

Many of our craftspeople are third and fourth generation pipemakers. Historically, craftspeople were selected based on their spirituality and ability. Our craftspeople continue to create pipes that are unmatched in quality and originality.

When you purchase a pipestone pipe made by our pipemakers, information about the artist and how to take care of your pipe will be sent with your order.

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