Waccamaw-Siouan

Waccamaw-Siouan

Our Focus Point:

Ceremonies and Legends

Ceremonies

Sage Smudging Wedding Ceremony

Sage SmudgingBasics:

Gather sage and dry it. Use a cotton string and bind them making a criss-cross pattern.Start burning one end and let smoke start rising.Fan it to keep it burning.Place the smudge in a container and pinch it.“Offer the smoke” in seven directions.“Cleanse” yourself by putting smoke over your head, shoulders, heart, under each foot, and around your back.Pass through the smoke.

Wedding

• The Wedding Vase CeremonyThere aren't really any words with this ceremony. First the bride drinks from one side of the vase. Then she turns it and the Groom drinks from the opposite site. Then they both drink at the same time and it's said if they don't spill anything the marriage will have good luck and prosper.

• The Basket Ceremony They exchange baskets filled with meaningful gifts developed

• Cherokee Wedding Prayer

Waccamaw-SiouanCounties: Columbus and Bladen

Handout – Fact Sheet

Population Currently: 2,000 State Recognized: 1971

Legends of the Waccamaw

“People of the Falling Star”Most legends center around a flaming meteor that fell and burned itself deep into the swamp.

Lake Waccamaw legend Handout: Reader’s Theatre

Credits Waccamaw Indian People, "About Us." The Waccamaw Indian People.

07/09/08. Waccamaw Indian People. 2 Nov 2008 <http://www.waccamaw.us/About%20Us.htm>.

"North Carolina Museum of History." 2008. North Carolina Museum of History. 2 Nov 2008 <http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/>.

Heart, Allan Aslan. "Smudging with Sage Bundles - the Ceremony of Purification." Dream Catchers of the Seventh Fire. 2007. 2 Nov 2008 <http://www.real-dream-catchers.com/sage_ceremony.htm>.

"What Dreams May Come." 2008. Holistic Wellness and Creative Services. 2 Nov 2008 <http://www.reikidreams.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=66&products_id=180>.

Rhodes, Libby. "First Native American ." PAIA LOWER EASTERN CHEROKEE NATION South Carolina. 2008. PAIA. 2 Nov 2008 <http://paialowereasterncherokeenationsc.com/page2/page2.html>.

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