When I built this here large, I put all the holes in and I put the back of inside and respect the mother earth because it was wounding mother earth. I used to sit here, I was probably able to make the large or sit on that end. And before we go in, I'll smudge the inside, I'll smudge the outside, I'll smudge our medicines and our waters. And our large faces, the door faces Eastern doorweers because they are as they start from these. If the sun didn't come up, they'd be no life, they'd be not. So that's why we have our door where the sun comes up. We do want to do this, but we don't want to do this. So we're doing this job for young people. Do you think it's important for youth to get involved in this wedding? The youth that you get involved in it because I just learned a lot of stuff that I've never known before, like from a culture, my heritage. It has a big impact on my life because it's a big impact on our culture. My culture has a big impact on my life because I'm really proud of who I am. I think everyone needs to experience one especially if they're a part of our culture. I give it a try, you never know. I gotta show you how I build the fire actually, you know. Usually when I get there, you're just putting the rocks in, but I know for a fact that when Roger goes and gets ready for the thing, he builds a big fire pit while he's putting wood on. He's also packing the rocks inside of him. You make a wick wall, a TP type fire instead of your firewood. He's about 40 minutes, 45 minutes. Let's the wood all burn away, then he gets a little pitchfork thing and puts it inside the hole in the little sweat lodge. And of course, the sacred fire is where we prepare the medicines and the grandfather's. And we offer the tobacco. And we have a line, a tobacco line from there to the doorway. They're not represents the embilical cord and the lodge represents the womb of Mother Earth. When you come in, the lodge should be brushed down with an eagle's hand and of course you'll be smudged. When you go in, you kiss Mother Earth, you don't have to actually kiss Mother Earth. And we enter with respect and we go clockwise. Clockwise is like the way the sun sets, it's clockwise. When you enter the sweat, you have to say, on some nougma or all my relations. How do you bring in the grandfather's? We use forks. So I'll have somebody inside and I'll just hand them the grandfather. He'll put them into pit. When the rocks come in, usually you offer sage on each rock to thank them because these rocks are given up their lives because it's believed in our culture that even the rocks have a spirit. Once we're getting in, we're sitting around and everybody's ready and we close the door. Santa, we left them, okay, I'll say, as a doorman or an insight doorman. It's really dark and to me I find it very relaxed and comfortable. It's just really dark. It helps start pouring water on, on and off. And you kiss extremely hot, extremely. But it's just why we're good sweat, you know? When I was in there and when the sweat was dripping, I felt like all the bad and negative was just coming out of my body. We all sweat, it's part of your body, but it's part of water. All she can see is the grandmother's and the grandfather's, which are the rocks, all lit up. I think the rocks become the bad fathers. All I know is that there are millions and millions of years old and they have untold stories. It's supposed to be the oldest. We've got a person in the world, they know everything, they see everything, they know everything. Like everything that goes on in this world, God's daredevil, you know, so that's why we call it grandfather. Those sweats that I've been into all had four rounds. The first round, we'll sing to me, Mark Song, an honor song, four times, then we'll open the door. We'll go from one round to the next. They take a break, like you can stay in the lodge, if the lodge, like the person that is taking care of the lodge is in there with you. You can stay in there with them. Some people, you can stay in there, you can just go in there alone, people are different. Or you can go out and just get some fresh air and stuff, so you're in the near the fire. And then you can just go back in and then they'll start it up again. Second round, so I'll pray around. Ever the takes turn up praying. When we're doing the prayer rounds, we open it up with a song and then we all go off in order from the first person at the door, which is Roger. Then we circulate all around until the last person and we would all take turns praying. This is the longest round usually because like there's so many of us, we all pray for different types of things. Everyone gets a turn to talk, you get to talk in your, like in your mind and then just tell them, I'm sitting over when you're done. Or you can speak out loud, but I find it more meaningful when people speak out loud because you hear what they need to say. Can you get to know them better? We hope that Novik breaks their prayer circle. If somebody says, no, I want to go off to him. He's been selfish, you know? Because then we tell him, you come in for your family. And we don't want to break that. The answer is, we can do that prayer. We're all going to feel the heat, but you're not in there alone and you know, we encourage each other. I suggest we encourage each other before we go in there. And if somebody wants to go out, hey, you don't talk to them. You're your medicine. You're your verbal medicine. And then the fort round would be the closing of the last round. It's open. You can talk, you know, see. There's always a song that's related to what we're praying for in the round. If somebody's got a problem in there, they'll talk about it and try to support that person, you know? And so that's where it's all over. So we go out and test it. Did you learn anything from going to the slip? I have learned a lot of things that I did not know from people who were having troubles with certain addictions. Addictions, struggles, poverty, illnesses. I didn't know that until they were praying and my eyes got opened a little bit. A lot of guys take them and have problems, you know? And they'll talk about them, you know, who try to support them in that way. After sweating with people, they feel like your brothers and sisters and you just have a deeper connection. I experience a lot of hardships like everybody else. But I talked with my elder about them and when I went in that sweat, alcohol was a big part of my life and the drug scene, you know? So when I got into this road, you know, this is magic for me. You know when you're inside the sweater, you get no more problems. There's no problems. You know, once you come out, I guess it's camaraderie. We get to know people better, like around communities and stuff. And that's a really big, like it really means a lot, you know? Here and other people's stories, you get into know people. Here and what the elders have to say, learning from them. And if you need to let things out, you let it out in there and it really helps you. And it gains you. Like it gives you strength. And when I come out, I feel really good. Like I feel like really more spiritual and stuff. And it's not just a deeper connection with other people. I feel like I have a deeper connection with myself after this sweat, because it brings a lot of thoughts to the surface of your mind that you don't normally think about all the time. You're thinking so deep about what you really, what you're concerned about, what you want to pray for. It's good for your soul, your spirit. So someone knew it was going into a sweat. What advice would you give them? If they're nervous or scared, just pray hard. And if you're praying hard enough, you should be fine. What would you wear to one? You have to wear like a skirt and like you have to cover yourself. Like girls have to cover their bodies. Do you know what boys mean with that? They just wear shorts. Yeah, the man can wear shorts. But the way man we suggest to cover up a little bit more. Before you go into this sweat, you always have to make sure you have at least a towel or two so one that can wrap around your waist and one that go over your head or shoulders. So if he gets too much, you just hide yourself inside the blanket down the towel. Women have to sit a certain way. They have to keep their knees bent on the side. They don't sit with their legs wide open. They can't go in on their moon time. It's believed in our culture that's when a woman is most powerful. And we'll get weaker because the women are so powerful. I've been in sweats where we ended doing a pipe ceremony. And I've been in sweats where we started doing a pipe ceremony. Sometimes we offer food so they have rules differently in that kind of way. Still the same idea in each sweat, but just different ways of like just saying what you're going to pray about. I felt addicted right after my first one. I was like, I definitely want to do this again. I think it should be held onto for as long as make my people show live. Don't hesitate to try a sweat because you get a really good feeling from them. And it's really awesome. And I think everyone should try it. The youths should get involved in it because usually when people say when they go to the sweat lodges that it takes the plays not their body and makes them feel better and like help them like try to find a new start. I really love them. I enjoy them. And they are a big part of my culture. So like I want to continue doing it. I hope to pass it on to generation to generation, tell stories about them so they never die out. Who you do on Kideidemo? Danteli Elasco Gohoye. Ajtem Ankideidist Dante Elta de El Velasco Gohoye. The Lodigic Peel. Suwadi Embasik, off CORs.