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Sacred Tobacco: Ho-Chunk Nation Wants Military Authorities to Stop Confiscating it

The following article is published with permissions from The American Legion Magazine. What is it that makes tobacco such a sacred object in the spiritual world of American Indians? “It’s not an item that we smoke at our leisure,” says Wilfrid Cleveland, president of the Ho-Chunk Nation in central Wisconsin. “It’s a blessing from the Creator. He […]

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