Cedar Woman (61 page)

“
Okay,
m
y
beaded
b
a
g
h
e
re
i
s
sort
of
like
a
purse,
I
can
c
arry
a
lot of
s
t
uff
in her
e
,
but
m
o
stly
just
m
oney
and maybe
so
m
e
t
o
bacco
i
n
case I need
it
for
whatever
rea
s
on.
Since
t
obac
c
o
is
sacr
e
d
,
gif
t
ing
a
p
e
r
s
on

with
t
o
bac
c
o
is
a
si
g
n
o
f
resp
e
ct,
a
n
d
k
e
ep
i
n
g
it
on
h
a
nd
is
a
lwa
y
s
a
go
o
d

_idea.

“
I
w
on
t
h
e
c
ro
wn
i
n
a
S
e
n
i
or
Ladies'
conte
s
t
l
ast
y
ear,
and
I
have also
wo
n
sev
e
ral
cha
m
p
i
on
s
h
i
ps
as
we
ll
.
This
y
ear
I
a
m
defen
d
in
g
m
y
titl
e
a
s
La
d
ie
s
Tra
d
iti
on
al
B
u
cks
k
i
n
C
h
am
p
io
n
an
d
C
h
a
m
p
i
o
n
P
o
tato
Danc
er
⁴²
at this
even
t
!

“
Let
'
s
see...oh
yeah!
My
fe
a
ther
s
!
Ch
a
!
T
h
ey
are
t
h
e
r
e
al
things. The
plu
m
es
o
n
t
h
e
ba
c
k
of
m
y
head
here are
from
an
immature
Bald Eagle,
and
h
a
ve
been
m
ount
e
d
on
an
African
Por
c
up
i
ne
quill.
Can
you

i
m
a
g
i
n
e
t
h
e
size
o
f
critter
t
h
at
p
r
o
d
u
ced
t
h
is!
I
t
h
i
n
k
t
h
at
it
is
p
retty
cl
o
se

to
six
i
n
c
h
es
lo
n
g
en
n
it! A
n
y
way,
o
n
e
o
f
my
c
ou
sins,
Jerry
fr
o
m
A
n
cient Visio
n
s,
d
id
t
h
e
m
oun
ting
a
n
d
b
ea
d
work
f
o
r
m
e.
T
h
is
little
cl
u
ster
o
f flu
f
fs here on
t
h
e
side
are f
ro
m a
Red
Tail
e
d
H
a
wk
'
s
tail,
and plu
m
es
li
k
e these
a
n
d the
E
agle are
h
i
ghly
prized
by
NdNz
⁴³
.

“
T
h
e
p
l
u
m
es
re
p
rese
n
t fe
m
i
n
i
n
ity
a
n
d
grace,
so
t
h
e w
o
m
en
li
k
e
to wear
t
h
e
m
!
My
fan
h
e
re is
w
o
r
t
h
ab
ou
t
$65,0
0
0
if
it
were
to
b
elong
to
a n
on
-
N
d
N
,
be
c
ause
it
is
m
ade
f
r
om an
i
mm
a
t
u
re
G
o
l
d
e
n
E
agle
w
i
n
g
.
It
'
s ille
g
al
for
n
on-N
d
N
p
eo
p
le to
h
a
v
e ra
p
t
or
feat
h
e
rs,
b
eca
u
se
t
h
ey
are protected.
You
ne
e
d
a
CDIB
card,
or
s
p
ec
i
al
per
m
its,
to
have
the
m
.
I
t
h
i
n
k
t
h
a
t
t
h
e
fi
n
e
i
s
s
o
m
e
t
h
i
n
g
li
k
e
$
5
,00
0
a
n
d
priso
n
t
i
m
e
i
f
y
o
u
a
r
e ca
u
g
h
t
with
t
h
e
m
wit
h
o
u
t t
h
e rig
h
t
p
a
p
e
rs.”

“
W
hat
'
s a CDI
B
?
"
Nickie a
s
k
ed
, with
a q
u
izzical l
o
o
k
.

"A
C
DIB
is
p
a
rt
of
m
y tri
b
al
e
n
r
o
ll
m
e
n
t
p
aperw
o
r
k
.
It’s
basically
a tribal
census
nu
m
b
er,
and
C
DIB
m
eans
'
C
ertificate
of
Degree
of
Indi
a
n

⁴²
A
potato
is placed
between
the
f
oreheads
o
f
two
dancers.
The
last
two
d
a
ncers to k
e
ep
the
p
o
t
at
o
in
p
l
a
ce
are
t
h
e
winner
s
.