I was helping a friend of mine who is a native medicine woman. People come to see her for many reasons. While I was there visiting, she was conducting some fasts as part of a Vision Quest.
Lots of sacred, traditional native stuff going on.
Sacred medicines, sacred fires, drumming and pipe offerings. All of which would have been affected by the playing of a foreign instrument.
These people came to see my friend for a true native approach to healing their issues.
I came to be as helping hand, cook and water girl.

Although I found the tipi to have interesting acoustics, I felt after a few tunes, it was time to put my banjo away and allow these people who had come to see my good friend the experience for which they had come.

Does this make better sense now Peter?

Little Neo