talking stick

In our visit to the National Museum of the American Indians, on June 9, 2019, my son bought a Talking Stick. According to the Navajos, who ever is currently holding the Talking Stick has the privilege to speak and that everyone listens... then he/she thereafter passes on the Talking Stick to someone else so he/she may also speak with thoughts on the matter on hand...or entirely on a different matter...and so on...until everyone who wishes to speak has spoken. Over lunch time, on that same day we bought the Talking Stick, we (the family) were casually talking... and my son…