Land Blessing

A cedar stake sits in the south area of the plot.
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LANDBLESSING

Cedar box of fans used in sacred spiritual Native American Church ceremonies.
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LANDBLESSING

From left to right: Patrick Moss, Nelson White, Crawford White and Herbert Welsh.
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LANDBLESSING

Jacqueline White displays the handle of a bald eagle fan used by Native Americans to waft the smoke onto their bodies during spiritual ceremonies.
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LANDBLESSING

Cedar stakes are placed into the ground in a North, East, South, and West orientation following the ceremony.
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LANDBLESSING

Crawford White looks on to the burnt remains of Mary’s Lake Lodge.
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LANDBLESSING

Estes Park Mayor Todd Jirsa talks with Arapahoe Tribe elders. From left to right: Jirsa, Patrick Moss, Nelson White and Crawford white.
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LANDBLESSING

Jacqueline White displays a bald eagle fan used by Native Americans to waft the smoke onto their bodies during spiritual ceremonies.
(Photo by Tyler Pialet/Trail-Gazette)

LANDBLESSING

The hands of the Arapahoe Tribe pipe holder Nelson White.
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LANDBLESSING

Herbert Welsh, right, helps prepare cedar stakes for a spiritual ceremony.
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LANDBLESSING

Following a spiritual ceremony in one of the rooms at Mary’s Lake Lodge, Mayor Todd Jirsa and others pose with the Native American elders who blessed the land.
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LANDBLESSING

Nelson White orders food at lunch following a spiritual ceremony at Mary’s Lake Lodge which he led.
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LANDBLESSING

Those in attendance for the sacred blessing of the land by Native Americans gathered for lunch following the spiritual ceremony.
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LANDBLESSING