ABSTRACT
Many peoples of the world follow an age-old tradition of leaving offerings in outdoor public places to express spiritual feelings. Often sites are designed or officially designated for this purpose, such as in cemeteries, outside churches and temples or in shrines and niches, but in other cases people choose their own locations. Offerings run the gamut from simple ties and ribbons, candles, food and flowers to personal possessions and elaborate constructions. The Native American practice of leaving offerings in the landscape is as old as oral history (Paxson 2006).
