Pipes

Look at the pipes the demonstrators are making or the pipes in the gift shop. If you made a pipe what would it look like?

Draw a picture of your pipe in the box.

Tobacco was scarce before the arrival of white settlers so American Indians smoked Kinnikinnik in their pipes. Kinnikinnik is an Algonquin word meaning “mixed” and is a combination of common prairie plants. Some examples of plants used in kinnikinnik that can be found here at Pipestone National Monument are:

Check the plants that you see on your Circle Trail walk

Leadplant

Prairie Rose Hips

White Sage

Smooth Sumac

Red Osier Dogwood

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