Hau Mitakuyapi,

I am glad that you chose to be buffalos last Saturday because buffalos don’t shy away from adversity or storms; they head straight into it, and they circle around their young and elders to protect them when trouble is about. They are one of our natural teachers.

As for this Saturday, we are going to be at the garden nourishing it with nutritious compost. Please wear long old pants, old shoes and an old shirt for Saturday. Before we do that, we will be making an offering of tobacco to the garden site for gratitude and good health along with a prayer. As Indigenous people, we have always been a prayerful people with a spiritual relationship with our grandmother earth (unci maka). Let’s continue that tradition.

Last Saturday, the Bear Clan chose the North Direction, the Sunflower Clan chose the South Direction, and the Turtle Clan chose the East Direction of the Garden to grow their food. I am going to create the Elder Clan to take care of the West Direction. So, the Medicine Wheel is complete.

Take care, relatives.

Pilamaya,

Ted (La La)

Ted Hibbeler (Lakota) Tribal  Extension Educator University of Nebraska–Lincoln Tribal Extension Office 3110 North 40^th St Lincoln NE, 68506 Cell: 402-906-0439