BY JIM HIGHTOWER In bad movies [and bad history alike], the Native American ceremonial pipe figured prominently as symbol of defeat – typically in a cliched scene of subdued chieftains signing a treaty of surrender and passing around a “peace pipe” in a sorrowful gesture to seal the raw deal. The reality is that the communal smoking of a ceremonial pipe, often filled with tobacco, is a centuries-old tradition rich in spiritual meaning for many […]
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