#redwoods

In 1981, Minni Reeves, an elder and spiritual leader of the Chilula people who neighbor the Sinkyone people of Southern Humboldt, shared the significance of the redwoods to the Chilula and other Indigenous Peoples of the area:

“The redwood trees are sacred. They are a special gift and reminder from the Great Creator to the human beings. The Great Creator made everything, including trees of all kinds, but he wanted to leave a special gift for his children. So he took a little medicine from each tree, he said a prayer and sang a powerful song, and then he mixed it all with the blood of our people. Then he created this special redwood tree from this medicine. He left it on Earth as a demonstration of his love for his children. The redwood trees have a lot of power: they are the tallest, live the longest, and are the most beautiful trees in the world. Destroy these trees and you destroy the Creator’s love. And if you destroy that which the Creator loves so much, you will eventually destroy mankind.”

Whakarewarewa Forest (Redwoods), Rotorua, New Zealand

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