EVENT: 2/5/25 Apaakozige: Making Traditional Tobacco

Date: February 5, 2025
Time: 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm 
Location: AICHO’s Dr. Robert Powless Cultural Center
Address: 212 W. 2nd Street, Duluth, MN
Registration link: https://forms.gle/BnSXBYW81AedatYi7 

Using traditional tobacco and being mindful of its use are steps on the path to wellness. Arne Vainio, MD, a Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe tribal member and family practice physician, will provide a cultural teaching on making apaakozigan, traditional tobacco made from the inner bark of red willow. He will walk through how to harvest and process apaakozigan and share cultural and spiritual teachings. This event is free and open to the community.

A meal will be shared at 5:30 PM. The prresentation and demonstration will begin at 6 pm.

This event is free and open to the public. Register is required. Register by January 31, 2025.

Event funded by AICHO’s Waaseyaa Traditional Healing Grant via the Minnesota Department of Human Services Behavioral Health Division.
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Contact Ivy Vainio, Traditional Healing Program Coordinator, at [email protected] with questions.