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A prayer stick is a stick-shaped object used for prayer.

Background

In the rituals of the Puebloan people of the American Southwest contain many prayers; thus the Zuñi have prayers for food, health, and rain. Prayer-sticks, that is sticks with feathers attached as supplicatory offerings to the "spirits," were largely used by the Pueblo. These sticks are usually made of cottonwood about seven inches

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