Waȟčázi

Native to America, sunflowers have been cultivated by Native Americans for thousands of years.
The Cherokee tribe made an infusion using sunflower leaves for the treatment of kidneys
The Dakota tribe used native sunflowers for chest pain and lung problems
The Hopi used the sunflower as medicine for spider bites and the Navajo eat sunflower seeds to stimulate appetite
Some Native people also saw sunflowers as a symbol of courage, so that warriors would carry sunflower cakes to battle with them or a hunter would sprinkle sunflower powder on his clothing to keep his spirit up.

As for us, we love sunflowers for the thousands of human or animal postures that we have found in these magnificent flowers and among the largest.

In tribute to those Indian tribes who taught us the many ways to use this prolific plant, we named this series the Lakota name of the sunflower : Waȟčázi!