Cedar Woman (60 page)

a
n
d
v
etera
n
s
in
m
y
f
a
m
i
l
y
,
to
let
t
h
em
k
now
t
h
at
I
re
m
e
m
b
er
t
h
em
a
n
d

honor
the
m
.
The
bla
c
k
and
white
are
m
y
per
so
n
al
col
or
s,
I
h
a
d
to
ea
r
n t
h
e
r
i
ght
to
w
e
ar
t
h
em by bei
n
g
st
r
u
c
k
by
ligh
t
ni
n
g
t
wice.
The
pi
n
s
a
n
d s
u
ch
show
p
a
rt
o
f
m
y
m
e
d
i
c
in
e.
T
h
e
little
l
i
gh
t
n
i
n
g
Kac
h
i
n
a
⁴⁰
was
g
i
ven to
m
e
by
a
go
o
d
f
rie
n
d
na
m
ed
M
ike,
wh
o
is also
a
ligh
t
ni
n
g
s
u
r
v
i
v
o
r
.
He li
v
es
in
T
u
c
s
o
n
,
a
n
d
I
t
h
ink
he
g
o
t
it
f
r
om
one
of
t
h
e Din
e
⁴¹
artisans
down
the
r
e.
Anywa
y
,
the spotted
Eagle
feath
e
r
and
the
horse re
p
res
e
n
t
m
y na
m
e,"
Julie c
o
ntinu
e
d.

“
The
breastpl
a
te
and
chok
e
r
are suppos
e
d
to
represent
the
a
r
m
o
r
t
h
at
o
u
r
b
o
y
s
w
o
re
ba
c
k b
ef
o
re
t
h
e
whites
c
a
m
e,
and
they
were
effective at
stopp
i
ng
arrows
a
nd
bulle
t
s
to
an
extent.
The
legg
i
ngs
and
m
o
ccasins

³⁹
_{Much
of
d
ialog
contributed
b
y
J
ulie
Spotted
Ea
g
le
Horse}

⁴⁰
Meaning
“
L
ife
Bringer”
now
s
e
en
in
Na
t
ive
A
m
eri
c
an
for
m
s
of
a
rt as
in d
o
lls, potte
r
y
and
jew
e
l
r
y.

⁴¹
Navajo
Artists

are
tra
d
iti
on
ally
d
o
n
e
in an
old
fa
m
i
l
y
p
attern,
and
you
w
i
ll
no
tice
t
h
at I
a
m
cover
e
d
from
the
neck
down,
y
a
?
T
h
at
'
s
bec
a
use
Sioux
wo
m
en
are
v
ery
m
od
est, es
p
ecially
t
h
e
T
ra
d
itio
n
als,
so
as
a
Tra
d
iti
on
a
l
Da
n
cer,
I
try to re
m
e
m
b
er
t
h
at.
W
h
en I
a
m
in re
g
alia, I
need
t
o
b
e
m
od
est
and la
d
y
li
k
e, altho
u
gh
a l
o
t
o
f times t
h
at is
h
a
rd for
m
e!” Julie ch
or
tled.

“
Let
'
s
see...
m
y shawl was
hand-
m
ade
by
m
e,
and I
can
'
t re
m
e
m
b
er
h
o
w
m
a
n
y
hou
rs
i
t
too
k
m
e
t
o
h
a
n
d
ti
e
t
h
e
fr
in
g
e
.
T
h
e
s
h
a
w
l
s
a
r
e
als
o
a ho
l
d
o
v
er
fro
m
t
h
e
early
to
m
id-rez
pe
r
iod
w
h
e
n
t
h
e
wh
i
tes
started

i
n
trod
u
cing
u
s
to
t
h
e
i
d
ea
of
s
o
cial
d
a
nces.

“
Many
of
the wo
m
en
wore
s
h
awls back
th
e
n
,
and we
try
to
carry on t
h
at
tra
d
ition
by
carrying
o
n
e as
p
a
rt
of o
u
r
re
g
alia.
T
h
ey
are
treated
with the
sa
m
e
sort
of re
s
p
ect
as
the
A
m
erican
f
l
ag,
an
d
are n
e
ver
su
ppos
e
d
t
o t
ou
c
h
t
h
e gr
o
u
n
d if
y
o
u can help
it.