Cedar Woman (58 page)

Lena
s
m
iled
at t
h
e
friend
l
y wo
m
an
w
h
o
sto
o
d
b
ef
o
r
e her
in ma
gn
i
fice
n
t
re
g
alia.
S
h
e
n
o
ticed
t
h
at
J
u
lie
h
ad
a
slig
h
t
acce
n
t,
on
e
t
h
at was
hard
t
o
place.
Wait!
Now
she
had
it.
It
was
e
x
actly
like
the
accent of
Elaine
M
il
e
s,
w
ho pla
y
ed
M
aril
y
n
W
h
i
r
lwi
n
d
in
No
r
th
ern
E
x
po
s
ur
e
.
Yes,
t
hat
’
s it!
Lena was
i
n
tr
i
gu
e
d.

Wh
e
n
Unci
an
nounced
that
t
h
ey
w
e
re
g
o
ing
to
a
p
o
wwow,
Le
n
a was
e
x
cited.
She
w
a
nted
t
o
k
n
o
w
m
o
re
a
b
o
u
t
her
p
e
op
l
e.
Wh
e
n
L
e
na t
o
ld
N
i
ckie
ab
out
t
h
e
tr
i
p
,
s
h
e
be
g
g
e
d
to
co
m
e
along.
C
o
m
anche
by birt
h
,
N
ic
k
ie
too
h
a
d
not b
e
en
giv
e
n
t
h
e
o
p
po
rt
u
nity
to
b
e
aro
u
n
d
o
t
her Nati
v
e
A
m
erica
n
s,
li
v
i
n
g
as
t
h
ey
d
id
in
t
h
e
Greater
C
o
l
u
m
bu
s
Area, wh
ic
h
sh
ow
e
d a
cen
s
u
s
o
f
le
s
s t
h
a
n 1
perc
en
t.

Le
n
a’s fat
h
er’s tra
g
e
d
y cons
u
m
ed
t
h
e small f
a
mily,
a
n
d w
h
at teachings
m
ight
have
oc
cu
rr
e
d, did
not.
In
s
tead,
Lena
continued
t
o
learn h
o
w
t
o
c
o
o
k
,
s
o
t
h
at
h
e
r
m
o
t
h
er
c
ou
l
d
ca
r
e
f
o
r h
e
r
fat
h
e
r
.

Lena
gave
h
erself
a
m
ental
shak
e
,
and
turned
a
g
ai
n
t
o
t
h
e
i
m
pr
essi
v
e
woman
who stood
b
es
i
d
e
h
e
r
.

“
Your
dress
is
beautiful,”
Lena ad
m
ired.

“
W
o
p
ila,
t
h
a
n
k
s!
It was
m
y
g
r
a
n
d
m
other
'
s
ori
g
i
n
all
y
.
I
'
ve
add
e
d
t
o it,
o
f
co
u
r
se,
b
u
t
esse
n
tially
i
t
's
h
er
d
r
ess. I
am
a
Nort
h
e
rn
Plai
n
s Tra
d
itio
n
al Buc
k
s
k
in Da
n
cer, t
h
at is,
Sio
u
x
Style Tra
d
itional.”

_{“
Do
yo
u
g
o
to
m
any
po
w
w
o
w
s
?
"
Nickie
ask
e
d
with
a
q
u
estioni
n
g}

l
o
o
k
.

_{“
Yea
h
,
I
try to get to
as
m
any
p
ow
w
o
ws
as
I
can, dep
en
d
i
n
g on
h
o
w}

‘
Protector,’
m
y
w
a
r pony/rez rocket,
is
feelin
g
e
nn
it!
”
re
p
lie
d
J
u
li
e
wi
t
h
a lau
g
h, ref
e
rr
i
n
g
to h
e
r
se
co
n
d
-h
an
d
t
r
uc
k
.

C
hu
c
k
lin
g,
Le
na qu
e
r
i
ed:

“
So,
do
yo
u
m
ind
telling
m
e
ab
o
u
t
y
o
u
r
d
r
e
ss,
a
n
d
w
h
at
ever
y
th
i
ng
m
ean
s
?
”
L
e
na ask
e
d with
a
n ad
m
iring
l
o
o
k
.

³⁷
_{Pesh-lah
–
T
h
e
Bald
Heads,
the
Green
Berets
of
the
Sioux}