Our Sacred Land of Phezúta music a grandmother and medicine healer

a grandmother and medicine healer in the Crow tribe

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anthropological artifact

Though First Nations communities in Canada have historically lacked access to clean water

imaginative responses to an uncertain

Our Sacred Land of Phezúta music a grandmother and medicine healerPlants of all kinds fill a blooming landscape and offer healing and knowledge to benefit those who connect with phezta (medicines) and give thanks for their bounty. In the early mornings of summer I go with my grandmother to pray and visit some of her oldest friends. "Grandmother, who will we get to visit with today?" I ask. "Little one, we must listen quietly and see who decides to greet us this morning," she replies. Grandmother's friends are the