I dreamed a Native American Elder came to me and showed me “red tobacco” leaves. He put many leaves together for me and placed them in a leather pouch, telling me that this pouch had been handed down in the family for many generations. He told me to “give it to the people when the Earth Changes come”. When I woke up, I had to go look up “red tobacco” to see if there even was such a thing—and when I did I learned that red tobacco is used for the ceremonial purpose of bringing earth and The Great Spirit together. The smoke rises and connects earth to spirit. It is not to be abused as tobacco is today, but to be used in the peace pipe (not even necessarily inhaled) to remind us to connect with the spirit world. I read also that tobacco bought commercially is full of 4,000 chemicals or more. It made me wonder if I ought to grow red tobacco and use it for spiritual ceremonies as it was intended. The Elder in my dream wanted me to care about the community, and I believe the dream reminded me that I have a role to play in being part of a community. I woke up wanting to honor him by doing as he asked me to do.