Hello From the Florida Wolf Clan
In the Native American tradition the Wolf is the teacher.
The Wolf Clan would like to use this time with you to share some teachings we have found about
Many North American tribes have used tobacco for thousands of years before contact with the
Europeans. It is used as medicine, burned in ceremonies and it is smoked. Tobacco is in the east
on the medicine wheel and has the quality of communication with Spirit. In tradition we would
pray to the Creator and Spirits for protection and put up offerings of tobacco in hopes that they
would guide us on our journey through life. Tobacco smoke is visible breath that is believed to
carry prayers and thoughts to the Creator and to all the relatives that have gone before. Tobacco
is also placed with the remains of one who has passed on as they make their journey to the Spirit
The most spiritually powerful plant is tobacco, the herb of prayer, placed on earth by spirits to
help us communicate with them and nature. All tobacco use, ranging from ceremonial to cigarettes,
should be treated with respect and awareness. The elder Rolling Thunder taught: "After you light
tobacco, with your first puff, you should think a good thought or make a prayer. With your second,
quiet your mind; rest in stillness. With your third puff, you can receive insight related to your
prayer-perhaps an image, words spoken by Spirit, or an intuitive feeling."
Tobacco also has the quality of connecting people with each other and bringing peace. It is
offered to Elders and teachers before asking for advice, the interpretation of a dream or for
special prayers. The gift of tobacco creates a special bond between the person giving and the
person receiving. It is often used as an offering to plant and animal when these beings are
harvested to feed and heal.
When you go to a Healer, Elder or Medicine person, be yourself, be respectful to them and to
yourself. Take tobacco to give as an offering. The tobacco is meant for that communication
between you, the Healer and the Creator. (The tobacco can be in any form, ex: one cigarette, a
pack of cigarettes, a pouch of tobacco or it can be loose tobacco wrapped in a small square of red
cloth called a tobacco tie.)
Talk to the Healer or Elder and explain why you have come to them. The general guidelines for
meetings are to refrain from taking alcohol or drugs for four days before, women schedule their
appointments for times when they are not on their moon and know that the Elder does not have to
give an answer right away. They may take up to 3 or 4 days to reply to your request.
We offer this information in a good and honorable way.
Still yet a Butterfly and Standing Bear
To learn more about the Florida Wolf Clan, email Chief DesertWolf