Cedar Woman (38 page)

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ov
in
g
ly
h
e
l
d
it
to
h
er breast.

“
One Fea
t
her,” Zitka Mine inton
e
d,
“
Y
o
u
are
en
t
r
ust
e
d
with
t
h
e spirit
of
Spotted
E
a
gle
for
t
h
e
pass
i
ng
of
four
seasons.
You
will
place
it in
a
m
e
d
ici
n
e
b
u
n
d
le
a
n
d
g
u
ard
t
h
e
spirit
wit
h
in
it.
C
e
d
ar
W
o
m
a
n
,” Zit
k
a Mi
n
e i
n
str
u
cted, t
u
rn
i
n
g
toward
t
h
e
s
m
all
so
u
l drifti
n
g
sile
n
tly beh
i
nd h
e
r
m
o
t
h
e
r
,
“
m
ust
m
ake
t
h
e
b
un
d
l
e.”

So
a
r
i
n
g u
p
wa
r
d
, Zit
k
a
M
ine
gave
his
final
i
n
st
r
u
cti
o
n
.

“
Sp
o
tted
Ea
g
le
m
u
st
d
well wit
h
in
sile
n
ce.
He
will
re
m
ain
sile
n
t
for t
h
e t
o
tal
o
f f
o
ur seaso
n
s.
He
will awa
k
e
n
, a
n
d
h
e
will teac
h
.”

²⁴
Zhee-tdkah
mi
n
-eh.
Also
called
Hokagica
To
–
Ho
h
-
kha
-
(
g
lottal
G)
-
ee
chi- ah
Td-oh
–
the
Water
Bird
or
Blue
Hero
n
.
A
healer
who
also
s
y
m
bolizes
self- reflectio
n
.

²⁵
Wah-nah-ghee
Chan-koo
–
the
place
fi
v
e
steps
away
from
t
h
e
edge
of
the world. On
t
h
e
f
ourth
step
a
spir
i
t
steps into
the
spirit
world.

There was
t
h
e l
o
u
d
wh
oo
s
h of
so
u
n
d,
as if
m
ighty wings w
e
re pulling
the
ev
e
n
ing
air
b
e
nea
t
h
them to
m
ount
to
the
h
i
gh
e
st
parts
of
the heav
e
n
s
.
T
h
en
,
silence.

Lena
ca
m
e
to
awar
e
n
ess with a
start.
S
h
e
sh
o
o
k
her
he
a
d
a
nd
gaz
e
d a
b
o
u
t
h
e
r.
Dean
and
Nellie
a
pp
eared
to
b
e
d
eep
in
pr
ayer.
Her
m
o
t
h
er was
bat
h
e
d
in a
ni
m
bus
o
f
l
i
ght,
h
e
r
hair
floati
n
g
,
floati
n
g
on
t
h
e
su
pe
r
- heated a
i
r
of the sweat
l
o
dge.

C
h
apter
S
i
x

Earth,
Tea
c
h
M
e

Earth
teach
m
e q
u
iet –
as t
h
e
g
rasses are still with
n
e
w lig
h
t. Earth
tea
c
h
m
e s
u
ff
e
ri
n
g –
as
old
st
o
n
es
s
u
ff
er
with
m
e
m
o
r
y
.

Earth
tea
c
h
m
e
h
u
m
i
li
t
y –
as
blos
s
o
m
s are
h
u
m
b
le w
i
th
be
gi
n
n
i
n
g.

Earth
tea
c
h
m
e caring
–
as
m
o
thers
nur
t
ure
t
h
eir
young. Earth
tea
c
h
m
e cour
a
g
e
– as
the
tree
that
st
a
nds
alone.

Earth
teach
m
e l
i
m
i
tati
o
n
– as t
h
e a
n
t t
h
at crawls
o
n t
h
e
g
r
o
u
n
d
. Earth
tea
c
h
m
e fre
ed
om
– as
t
h
e
e
a
gle
that
s
o
ars
in
t
h
e
s
k
y.

Earth
tea
c
h
m
e accept
a
nce
–
a
s the le
a
v
es
t
h
a
t die ea
c
h fall.

Earth
tea
c
h
m
e r
e
newal
–
as
the
se
e
d
t
h
at
ri
s
es in
t
h
e
s
p
r
i
ng. Earth
teach
m
e to for
g
et
m
y
self – as
m
elted
s
n
ow
for
g
ets its life. Earth
t
ea
c
h
m
e
t
o re
m
e
m
b
er
ki
n
d
ness
–
a
s
d
r
y f
i
elds
weep
w
it
h rai
n
.