Cansasa is the traditional tobacco of the Lakota and is used for ceremonial and medicinal purposes. It is made from dried shavings of the green layer of wood underneath the red outer bark of the red willow. Cansasa is harvested in the winter after the last thunder and before the Thunder Beings return in spring. Sometimes Cansasa is mixed with other plants such as bearberry (this mixture is known…
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