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We grow organic and ceremonial grade oyenkwa’ón:we. This means that everything is done with a good heart and mind, our elders pray for our field before planting, and we talk and sing our traditional songs to the plants as they grow. Karonhatye is our effort to reimagine, reclaim, and heal Indigenous peoples’ relationship with oyenkwa’ón:we by taking care of it and making it accessible in our daily lives. We accomplish this in 4 ways:

• Practicing a healthy relationship with the plants: learning from the plants.
• Reclaiming Indigenous names of the plant: oyenkwa’ón:we (Kanien’kehá:ka), Semah (Ojibwe).
• Creating new ways to use the plant.
• Promoting the proper/traditional uses of oyenkwa’ón:we instead of tobacco: respect for our medicines.

Floating Sky/Karonhatye is the vision of a husband and wife, Kody Doxtater and Rachel Flowers. Kody is Mohawk and Ojibwe from Six Nations. His professional career, education, and volunteer experience is dedicated to improving Indigenous health and wellbeing, including: seven years as a volunteer firefighter in Six Nations, AEMCA certified Primary Care Paramedic, Bachelor’s degree in Health Science specializing in First Nations Studies, Master of Public Health with a focus on Indigenous health, and a Trudeau Scholar while attending Simon Fraser University as a PhD student in Health Sciences.

Rachel is Coast Salish from Leeyq’sun. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and Indigenous studies, Master of Interdisciplinary Studies in Anthropology and Political Science, and is currently a PhD candidate in Law and Society at the University of Victoria.

Together we have created a number of products that we believe will help to reestablish a healthy relationship with the plant itself. Our goal is to Reimagine, Reclaim, and Reimagine our traditional medicine.