Payer ties are little pinches of tobacco, balled up in cotton squares, and then tied with string into a line. We sit in quietness, as each of us create and string together 8-10 balls of intention, and then we blow our breath into them and placed the in a tree or offer them to the grandfather fire.

Why tobacco? Tobacco is used by people native to this area both because it absorbs and because it’s easy to burn/release. Tobacco absorbs water, and the thinking goes that it also absorbs other things - like prayers, intentions, etc.

https://swcnac.org/2017/05/10/prayer-ties/