Cedar Woman (85 page)

o
f
fer
e
d
u
p
to
C
r
eato
r
.
H
o
l
d
i
ng
a
c
a
nu
m
pa,
or
p
i
pe,
a
n
d
p
ass
i
ng
it,
Julie

m
u
r
m
ured
a
prayer.
T
h
e
h
e
at
increa
se
d
wit
h
i
n
t
h
e
d
o
m
e
-s
h
a
p
e
d
lod
g
e,
and L
e
na
beg
a
n
t
o feel
lig
h
t-
h
ead
e
d
.

“
Now we
m
u
st
pray for
s
o
m
eone
o
t
her
than ourse
l
ves,”
J
u
lie co
mm
ande
d
,
a
nd
var
i
ous
pr
ay
ers
were
o
f
f
e
red
u
p
.
Lena
pra
ye
d
f
o
r
h
e
r

fat
h
er
to
co
n
tin
u
e
to
i
m
p
r
ov
e.
L
o
o
k
ing
toward
t
h
e
top
of
the
do
m
e
at
t
h
e

prayer
ties
attached
to
t
h
e
fr
am
ework
o
f
t
h
e
i
n
i
p
i
,
s
h
e
w
o
n
d
ere
d
i
f
Zit
k
a

Mi
ne
wo
u
l
d
sh
ow
u
p
a
g
ain a
n
d
c
a
rry
her
u
p
i
n
t
o
t
h
e
da
r
k
e
n
i
n
g sk
y
.

The
prayers
f
i
nish
e
d
,
t
h
e
cer
e
m
ony
end
e
d,
and
e
v
e
ryone
e
x
ited
in
t
o a
cooling night,
th
an
k
f
ul for
a
slight breeze
upon
th
e
ir
swea
t
-so
a
k
e
d b
r
o
w
s.

Ste
pp
i
n
g
o
u
t
of
t
h
e
lod
g
e,
R
e
v
a
to
o
k
a
star
q
u
ilt,
and
wra
pp
e
d
it

ar
ou
nd
Vicki
’
s
s
h
ou
l
der
s
,
t
h
e
n
tied
a
ha
n
d
dy
ed
i
m
itation
e
agle
plu
m
e
to
h
er
h
air.
Tur
n
i
n
g toward
t
h
e relati
v
es and
g
u
ests, she a
n
nou
n
ced,

⁷⁶
Ee-nuh
Wash-t
da
y
oh-t
d
aween
–
Good
Mother
of
Ma
n
y

“
I
ta
k
e
t
h
is
on
e
as
m
y
d
a
u
g
h
t
er.
W
e
h
a
v
e a
bond
throu
g
h Hant
e
win
⁷⁷
a
n
d
n
o
w
s
h
e
is
my
d
au
gh
t
er.
T
h
e
s
p
irits
say
t
h
at
I
am
to ma
k
e
h
er
m
y f
a
m
i
l
y
.
And
so,
Vic
k
i,
you
are
n
o
w
m
y
d
au
gh
ter
who
will be
known
as
Ina
W
aste
Otawin.”
R
e
va
announced,
as
Julie
prayed
ov
e
r
t
h
em
w
it
h
t
h
e
canu
m
pa
p
i
pe.

Tra
d
itio
n
ally,
she
would
h
a
v
e
tied
an
ea
g
le
p
l
u
m
e
to
h
er
n
e
w
d
aug
h
ter’s
h
a
i
r, b
u
t si
n
ce it is
ille
g
al f
o
r a
n
o
n
-
Native i
nd
i
v
id
u
al, so
m
eone
not
listed
on
t
h
e
tr
i
b
al
census
of
a Federally
recogniz
e
d
I
n
di
a
n Tri
b
e,
t
o
own
on
e,
an
imi
t
ati
o
n
feat
h
e
r was
substit
u
te
d
.
Re
v
a
t
h
en han
d
e
d
a
love
l
y
fan
of
m
acaw
feath
e
rs
to Vicki
as
part
of
the
ritual.
Th
e H
un
k
api C
e
r
e
m
ony was n
o
w co
m
p
leted.

Julie
step
p
ed
f
o
r
wa
r
d
a
nd
m
o
tion
e
d f
o
r
L
e
na
to
st
a
nd b
e
f
o
re
h
e
r. Surprising
everyone,
s
h
e
t
i
ed
an
eagle
plu
m
e
in
L
ena’s
hair
and