Across the land, message sticks are used for long-distance communication between other tribes and nations, even though different languages and dialects are spoken.
The wooden sticks can be flat, round or rounded.
They are sometimes engraved with patterns or symbols that carry important meanings which contain detailed information or requests.
They can also convey a guarantee of good faith such as letting the neighbouring tribe know that people would be in their area collecting food or creating tools.
Males will always play the role of a message stick bearer.
On their journey to deliver the sticks to the neighbouring tribe, they are treated with respect when travelling through country.
The sticks will then be taken by the neighbouring tribe who will continue to pass on the message stick to the next intended group.