They will be traded for hundreds of miles. Native American children play cheerfully while women gather wild plants, nuts and seeds. Preparations are being made for a special time of the year. Men and women have offered prayers to the Creator for a bounty of squash, beans, and corn. Tea has been made from the sacred Yaupon Holly.
Some warriors quietly sip the tea after a breakfast of nut bread and dried fruit.
Others carefully prepare medicine from the leaves. Today is a good day. Several projects are underway that focus on re-establishing native plants that are important to the tribe. Plant Materials Specialist Donald Surrency assisted the tribe with native wildflower seeds that will provide wildlife benefits. The PMC is cultivating cuttings from a Yaupon Holly, which is believed to have originated in a Creek Tribal Town around 1670.