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Average length : 20"
Sweetgrass is one of the most sacred plants for the Plains Indians. It's a tall wild grass with a reddish base and perfume-like musty-ordor. It grows mainly on the eastern side of the Rockies in Montana and adjacent Alberta, Canada, and also in some small areas of Wyoming and South Dakota. Its botanical name is Hierochloe odorata; some common names are Seneca grass, holy grass, and vanilla grass.
On the Plains, sweetgrass is usually braided. It is usually burned by shaving little bits over hot coals or lighting the end and waving it around, letting the smoke spread through the air. The purifying smoke cleanses the area and sweetgrass brings in positive thoughts. It is also known to be carried in medicine and pipe bundles to protect sacred objects.
$7.95
