| History of Talking Sticks |
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As the meeting began the Chief, or other leader of the meeting welcomed the four direction, wanka tanka, and all good spirits of the earth. Then formal announcements were made about the purpose of the meeting, the area and people were smudged to rid the area of any negative energies and the Lead speaker began by picking up the Talking Stick. When he or she finished speaking the stick was passed around to the next person within the circle. Whoever held the talking stick was the only one allowed to talk. Usually, one prepared a speech before the meeting so as not to take up too much time and so the spirits would not become bored and invite the Trickster in. The stick might be passed around many times but, before the meeting closed, all would have spoken the truth from their hearts and resolution, or the plan toward working toward resolution, would have been reached.
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