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Sacred Items - Monthly Subscription
Imagine being able to connect with our Ancestors in your ceremonies. These sacred items, handcrafted by Nemenhah Pehli potters from the clay that our ancestors touched and used every day of their lives, offers a unique opportunity.
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$100 per month, Monthly Sacred Giveaway to sustain and support the Nemenhah Program
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(Items are individually hand crafted - colors and shapes may vary)
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With the same clay once used by our ancestors, found near the recently discovered Sacred City of Lihnlehtohtsahrahksiht, a key ancestral site for the Nemenhah of Pehgnlisihts, our Pehli Potters are creating ceremonial items using this sacred clay to reconnect with our sacred heritage. Fire in a kiln being built on-site to ensure these items are deeply tied to our ancestral traditions, we invite our ministers and friends to acquire these handcrafted Sacred Items, use them in ceremonies, and feel the spirit, energy, and memory of our ancestors through this connection to the land they lived on.
Depicted here (left) are some of the prototype pieces as they begin drying in preparation for firing to Functional Earthenware. Fully fired, they take on a brilliant red color, exactly as they did when our Ancestors made their “Tahmlahks Ahkahi” in their day.
Imagine being able to connect with our Ancestors in your ceremonies. These sacred items, handcrafted by Nemenhah Pehli potters from the clay that our ancestors touched and used every day of their lives offers a unique opportunity
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Each month, with your subscription, you will receive one of twelve sacred items listed below, individually handcrafted by the Elders of the Nemenhah from clay taken just a quarter mile from the ancient burial grounds at Lihnlehtohtsahrahktsiht (Sacred City):
Tsuhn'ki Ahkahi
A bowl holding the four (4) Tsuhn’ki playing pieces. The Bowl is decorated with the glyphs representing Tsi Aylohway, Pah Aylohway, and Ayahtsuhway Points of the Medicine Wheel. In ceremony, the bowl is placed in the Center of the Medicine Wheel. The four Tsuhn’ki playing pieces are discretely decorated with the glyphs representing the Four Pillars of the Tuhhuhl Nuhmehn which have been “drawn on” and “baked in” with Red Ochre (Red Iron Oxide). In Ceremony, the four Tsuhn’ki are placed at the Four Pillar Points upon the Hoop. The Ancestors would have used this set to create the Mohrhohnayah’s Medicine Wheel, and also the game itself to teach the Medicine Wheel to children.
A bowl holding the four (4) Tsuhn’ki playing pieces. The Bowl is decorated with the glyphs representing Tsi Aylohway, Pah Aylohway, and Ayahtsuhway Points of the Medicine Wheel. In ceremony, the bowl is placed in the Center of the Medicine Wheel. The four Tsuhn’ki playing pieces are discretely decorated with the glyphs representing the Four Pillars of the Tuhhuhl Nuhmehn which have been “drawn on” and “baked in” with Red Ochre (Red Iron Oxide). In Ceremony, the four Tsuhn’ki are placed at the Four Pillar Points upon the Hoop. The Ancestors would have used this set to create the Mohrhohnayah’s Medicine Wheel, and also the game itself to teach the Medicine Wheel to children.
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Luminary Oil Lamp
One lamp delivered each new season (equaling four lamps total), these 10-hour oil lamps are decorated with the pattern symbolic of the Season. Each year, the Nemenhah celebrate the passing of the seasons. In the past, all but the Autumn Celebration, which is when the Great Council meets, have been observed by families at home. Now we can all light this Luminary Lamp together to celebrate the Quarterly Gatherings, no matter how far apart we live from each other. Tehkehs/waytuh Ahkahi For Holy Water
A water bottle for pouring of the water used to wash the hands and Sacred Items before and after ceremony, and also as part of the Personal Purification from Tsimohtl’s Bundle Ceremony. Ahkahi Bowl
For washing hands and Sacred Items, and also as part of the Personal Purification from Tsimohtl's Bundle Ceremony. |
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Hihkah'i Cup and Tihlehkts Spoon
For the “bread/meat” portion of the Monthly Wahtsaht Sacrament (Sacrament of the Peacemaker’s Supper), and the small cup for the “water/wine” portion of the Monthly Wahtsaht Sacrament.
For the “bread/meat” portion of the Monthly Wahtsaht Sacrament (Sacrament of the Peacemaker’s Supper), and the small cup for the “water/wine” portion of the Monthly Wahtsaht Sacrament.
Ceremonial Mortar and Pestle
This is used to symbolize and celebrate the Healing Plants and Modalities, and also the Red Ochre (which was crushed in such a mortar and pestle), as depicted in Tsimohtl’s Bundle Ceremony.
This is used to symbolize and celebrate the Healing Plants and Modalities, and also the Red Ochre (which was crushed in such a mortar and pestle), as depicted in Tsimohtl’s Bundle Ceremony.
Seed Pot
Traditionally used both for the storage and planting of seeds, and also the Corn Pollen as depicted in Tsimohtl’s Bundle Ceremony.
Traditionally used both for the storage and planting of seeds, and also the Corn Pollen as depicted in Tsimohtl’s Bundle Ceremony.
Salt Pot
As depicted in Tsimohtl’s Bundle Ceremony.
As depicted in Tsimohtl’s Bundle Ceremony.
Tehkehs'waytuh Ahkahi For Sacred Kohpahlihm
Three (3) small bottles to hold Kohpahlihm of Ceremony – the Essential Oils depicted in Tsimohtl’s Bundle Ceremony.
Three (3) small bottles to hold Kohpahlihm of Ceremony – the Essential Oils depicted in Tsimohtl’s Bundle Ceremony.
