Because they don’t have any apparent use, pine needles might be easy to overlook. However, to Vickie Jeffries and her ancestors (Occaneechi Band of the Saponi Nation), pine needles were a sacred and useful resource.
Today, Vickie creates beautiful baskets from pine needles. Vickie leaves a tobacco offering each time she harvests pine needles, just as she does for every plant.
Can you think of any uses of things in nature you might consider “waste”?