Cedar Woman (83 page)

Lena
e
x
a
m
in
e
d
each
a
r
ticle
with aw
e
,
exc
l
ai
m
ing
ov
e
r
their
design, col
o
rs,
an
d
t
h
e
m
astery of
w
o
r
k
m
anship.

"
M
ost
o
f
w
h
a
t
y
ou
see has ei
t
h
er
b
e
en ha
n
d
e
d
do
wn
ov
e
r
t
h
e gen
e
ra
tio
ns
th
r
ou
gh
m
y
fa
mi
l
y
,
or
has
be
e
n
m
ade
by
m
y
se
l
f
or

Matt
h
ew," Julie ex
p
lai
n
e
d
.

Le
n
a
n
o
d
d
e
d
, a
l
o
o
k
o
f
a
d
m
i
ra
ti
o
n
i
n
h
e
r
exq
u
isit
e
eyes.

Julie
watch
e
d
Lena
c
a
refully,
and
clearing
h
e
r
throat, po
s
ed
t
h
e qu
e
s
ti
o
n
,

“
Le
n
a, how
m
u
ch abo
u
t T
h
e
Peo
p
le do
y
o
u
k
no
w
?
”

Lena
gaz
e
d in
t
o
J
u
lie’s eyes
for a f
e
w
seconds
before
a
n
swering: “There
a
r
e
n
'
t
m
any
of
u
s
in
Oh
i
o
,
s
o
I
d
o
n
'
t
kn
o
w
as
m
u
ch
as
I
'
d

li
k
e
t
o
.
My
m
o
t
h
er
h
as
ta
u
g
h
t
m
e
m
a
n
y
t
h
in
g
s,
b
u
t
s
h
e
left
t
h
e rese
r
v
ati
o
n
so
y
o
u
ng:
s
h
e
w
a
s
only
sixteen.
M
y
fat
h
er
w
o
rk
s
,
or
us
e
d
to

work,
sixteen-hour
days
until
his
acc
i
dent.
Still,”
Lena
c
ontinu
e
d,
“
m
y
p
ar
e
n
ts
h
ave
ma
d
e
sure
t
h
at
I
u
nd
e
rstand
t
h
e
w
ays
of
T
h
e
Peo
p
le,
o
u
r

p
r
ayer
s
a
n
d
b
elie
f
s,
a
n
d
ho
w
t
o
wa
l
k
t
h
e
G
oo
d
Re
d
R
oa
d
.
T
h
e
y
h
ave

ta
u
g
h
t
m
e
to
walk
with
t
h
e
earth
a
n
d
n
o
t
j
u
st
u
pon
it.
B
u
t
I
wa
n
t
to
learn
m
o
re
,
y
o
u
kno
w
?
I'
v
e
e
n
j
o
ye
d
b
e
in
g
h
e
r
e
a
n
d
filli
n
g
m
y
sou
l w
it
h
t
h
ese
exp
e
rience
s
.”

Julie
s
m
iled.
She
h
a
d
gue
s
sed
as
m
u
ch,
and
was
pl
e
ased
with

_{Lena
’
s
h
o
nest
ans
w
er.}

“
W
atch
t
on
i
g
h
t,
winc
i
n
cila,
⁷⁵
a
n
d
you
will
learn
m
u
c
h
.
Now,
to
t
h
e kitchen!
Where
are Vi
c
k
i
and
Ni
c
k
i
e
?
We
are
gonna
ne
e
d
he
l
p
!
This
is
a

Lak
o
ta ho
u
se,
a
n
d no o
n
e
m
u
st go
u
n
fed!”

It
was
l
a
t
e
after
no
o
n
.
Ju
li
e pr
e
p
ar
e
d
t
o
s
m
udge
herse
l
f
and
t
h
e surround
i
ngs,
i
n
order
to
prepare
for
t
h
e
cer
e
m
onies
about
to
take place. Carrying
a
s
m
o
l
d
e
ring
bowl
filled
with
sacred
grasses,
Julie
wal
k
ed
to t
h
e
ce
n
ter
o
f
t
h
e
e
n
c
l
o
sure w
h
e
r
e
t
h
e N
a
mi
n
g
Ce
r
e
m
on
y
,
Sweat
Lodge Cere
m
ony and
H
un
k
api
w
e
re to
be
he
l
d
.