Tulsa, OK – Sacred Ceremony at Botanical Garden – 2007

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Osages to hold sacred ceremony at botanical garden site. Publication: Tulsa World (Tulsa, OK) Publication Date: 29-APR-07

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COPYRIGHT 2007 Tulsa World Apr. 29–Osage tribal members will perform a sacred ceremony Monday to purify the future site of the Oklahoma Centennial Botanical Garden. The Blessing of the Land will be at 11 a.m. at 5323 W. 31st Street North, near Post Oak Lodge and Conference Center. A map and directions are at www.oklahomacentennialbotanicalgarden.com. The public is invited to attend. Osage Nation Assistant Principal Chief John Red Eagle will conduct the purification with smoke, fire, cedar and eagle feathers, according to a press release. American Indians use smoke because they believe God uses it to clear “unseen obstacles of resistance.” The ceremony will include dance, prayers sung in the Osages’ native language and native clothing, according to the press release. The ceremony was rescheduled from its original date in January due to weather. The $40 million garden will include 15 major gardens and 60 smaller ones, a 17-acre lake with landscaped islands, a chapel, an education building and an amphitheater. Garden leaders are raising public and private money for the project.

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