Value Our Traditions

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Native Americans share their personal experiences and challenges of quitting commercial tobacco and reclaiming sacred tobacco.

Native Americans share their personal experiences and challenges of quitting commercial tobacco and reclaiming sacred tobacco.


27 Pieces

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After quitting twenty years ago, Teresa says everyone must find their own way to giving up smoking.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Gary shares how he finally quit smoking after becoming an avid runner.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Justice talks about how he keeps trying to quit smoking, and hopes to give it up soon, so he can set a good example for his daughters.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Frank shares how ceremony and vision, helped him break the habit of smoking.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Jeffrey shares his relief of using tobacco as an offering in ceremony, rather than being addicted to smoking.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Jeff talks about the wide diversity of uses for tobacco that he sees in Indian country: from completely ceremonial use to total addicted uses.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1
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Lana acknowledges that remaining a non-smoker is hard, even though her health is doing so much better than before she quit.

Bought by KIDE Hoopa Tribal Radio 91.3fm


  • Added: May 10, 2017
  • Length: 01:30
  • Purchases: 1